 | | Re: Crazy idea - analog computer —Chio Siong Soh
| | | | (...) No, it isn't a crazy idea. It's been wonderfully done with Meccano: (URL) it would be a great challenge indeed to come up with one using all LEGO! C S Soh (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | | | | | | Re[2]: Crazy idea - analog computer —Allen Foster
| | | | | | Hello Chio, Monday, November 1, 2004, 8:21:46 PM, you wrote: (...) CSS> No, it isn't a crazy idea. It's been wonderfully done with Meccano: CSS> (URL) However, it would be a great challenge indeed to come up with one using all CSS> LEGO! CSS> C S (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Crazy idea - analog computer —John Gerlach
| | | | | | (...) It's also been done with TinkerToys, another construction toy that I loved as a kid. (URL) do a google search for "tinkertoy computer"...) JohnG, GMLTC (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Crazy idea - analog computer —Steve Baker
| | | | | There is a lot of confusion here. There are three things to decide upon: 1) Analog or Digital. 2) Mechanical or Electronic (or Pnuematic or Hydraulic or...whatever). 3) Programmable or Fixed Function. The Meccano machine referred to earlier is most (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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