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Re: gEDA-user: Re: Pointer to 3d CAD?



Ohh my ohh my... well you do know that, from the William Gibson/Bruce
Sterling novel "The Difference Engine", someone who writes code for a
mechanical babage computational engine is known as a "clacker"?

DJ Delorie wrote:
>>   It all depends on what you're into.  I've been discussing a
>>project with a friend that would involve building what amounts to a
>>copy of the PDP-8 ("Straight-8", no suffix) with individual
>>transistors.  It's fun, cool, and highly educational in a number of
>>areas.
>>    
>
>Are you going to be true to the time and use TO-92, or "cheat" and use
>SOT-535's?
>
>The Museum of Science in Boston has a computer that plays tic tac toe.
>It's made of wooden Tinker Toys.
>
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