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Re: Building a computer from Lego's
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 1 Feb 2001 01:41:54 GMT
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Original-From:
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Harley Myler <h.myler@myler%StopSpammers%.org>
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> Harley Myler <h.myler@myler.org> wrote:
> > Browse http://www.rustrans.co.uk/rope.html for a description of a "rope
> > and pulley" computer, it might give some insight into building one with
> > Lego.
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> Hrm. Apraphulians sounds a lot like April-Fool-ians....
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> Are you sure this is real?
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> Ah-ha. See: http://www.cciw.com/content/april_fools.html
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> Interesting idea though.
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> -Kekoa
Now you've gone and ruined it...<sigh>....I guess there has to be one in every class; but for the rest of you, please suspend disbelief and know that the machine described is still a very, very valid description of a digital computer, albeit in terms of ropes and pulleys instead of wires and gates. I particularly like the elephant power source myself ;-)
Harley Myler
http://macmyler.engr.ucf.edu
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