Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!bls From: bls@cs.purdue.EDU (Brian L. Stuart) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: LEGOs -- computationally complete? Message-ID: <8144@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Date: 2 Oct 89 21:00:00 GMT References: <3300071@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: bls@cs.purdue.edu (Brian L. Stuart) Organization: Department of Computer Science, Purdue University Lines: 11 I really haven't thought much about doing this myself, but I would suggest that you start by studying Konrad Zuse's work. He developed a couple of machines that used mechanical logic and even had mechanical memory. It's really clever stuff; it's worth everyone's time to learn about it. There is a good article on his work in an issue of the Annals of the History of Computing. I don't remember what issue, but I think it's in Vol. 2. Anyone know the exact reference? Brian L. Stuart Department of Computer Sciences Purdue University