Simon Relay Computer Re: Does Anyone Have A

From: Marvin Johnston <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Tue Apr 9 14:25:42 2002

I distinctly remember scanning and burning the CD-ROMs for several
listmembers. Since I rarely will dispose of such stuff, there is
probably a copy of the CD-ROM around here someplace ...but where :). I
also got a copy of the Mark-8 and IIRC TV Typewriter on CD from Jim, but
this is something different. You and I are the only two people *I* know
of who have the original plans on the list.

Doug Salot wrote:
>
> The scans and CD-ROM don't ring a bell for me (and I didn't see any
> reference in the archives). Are you sure you're not thinking of the
> Mark-8 scans and CD-ROM Jim Willing produced a while back?
>
> -- Doug
>
> On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Marvin Johnston wrote:
>
> >
> > I have the original plans for Simon. They were scanned a few years ago
> > and made available to listmembers on CD-ROM, but I don't know where the
> > scans are at this point. Doug also has the plans and I *thought* he had
> > made them available on the web. Someone had gotten copies of the plans
> > from IIRC the Babbage Institute, but they were prohibited from
> > distributing them. Check the ClassicCmp Archives for more information.
> >
> > Tony Eros wrote:
> > >
> > > Are there any Simon construction plans floating around?
> > >
> > > -- Tony
> > >
> > > At 01:01 PM 4/9/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Are you talking about the 1950s Simon "electronic brain"?
> > > > >
> > > > > Some people are silly and lazy. If they would do the research, they would
> > > > > find that the Simon was a construction project. So it's not like you're
> > > > > going to find a mass produced, commercially sold variant. You're only
> > > > > likely, if you're incredibly lucky, to find some hobbyists rats nest of
> > > > > wires and relays.
> > > >
> > > >Like this one?
> > > > http://www.widomaker.com/~cswiger/simon/index.html
> > > >
> > > >-- Doug
> >
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