Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!modcomp!joe From: joe@modcomp.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: LEGOs -- and Tinker-Toys Message-ID: <90800001@modcomp> Date: 2 Oct 89 04:09:00 GMT References: <281@uwm.edu> Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:uwm.edu:281:modcomp:90800001:000:688 Nf-From: modcomp.UUCP!joe Oct 2 00:09:00 1989 > In the October 1989 issue of Scientific American, A.K. Dewdney's > "Computer Recreations" column is titled "A tinkertoy computer that > plays tic-tac-toe". > According to the column there were two of these built -- by M.I.T. > students naturally [:-)]. Interesting. I designed a ttt toy as a high school science fair project back in '74-75, built out of relay logic. Not much of it is left other than the drawings (maybe none, if my parents have cleaned out the attic). This article makes me wonder -- could my toy have been museum grade stuff, or even a first? -- joe korty "For every vengence there is an equal and uunet!modcomp!joe opposite revengence." (from Cartoon Laws)