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Re: Digicomp II
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Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:23:46 GMT
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> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYi9sJkS19Q
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> > Congratulations Brian, this is truly astonishing!
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> I'd love to claim full credit, but I really have to say I never would have
> thought this was possible until I had read about the original.
Quite so. But an all-LEGO implementation is still a remarkable achievement.
The patent for
> the original Digi-comp II is really interesting - the one patent contains the
> idea for both DCII & a related device that got marketed as "Dr Nim" (it played
> Nim using binary ball logic - I've not built that one yet, but it should be much> easier).
It would be great to see a version of Dr Nim too. This might also be more of a
manageable project for those with limited time and resources!
Then of course there is Digi-Comp I ...
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| (...) Thank you. I had some comments from the students who built a K'nex computer a while back, and one of the things he complemented me on was staying "pure" to the medium I selected, and not to use heavier ball bearings etc. I guess purism in that (...) (17 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I'd love to claim full credit, but I really have to say I never would have thought this was possible until I had read about the original. The patent for the original Digi-comp II is really interesting - the one patent contains the idea for (...) (17 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
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