Send me an email next month if you still need bearings. I'm in Taipei for an extended business trip. My DC2 has a few broken bearings and the plastic on the...
Somehow thought I was the only guy who remembered these great old ESRs, but then today I tripped over this group. My DC1, Think a Dot, Dr Nim, are long gone,...
Spacemusic eh? Any relation to the guys at Animusic? Welcome to the group. We had a similar question recently so I hope you don't mind if I just paste in...
Thanks Bob. Got your private email too. This weekend I'll have more time to read the messages, go to the US patents, etc. I'm a composer with strong interest...
DC1 co-inventor Bill Duerig recently sent me several items from his files, which I've scanned and uploaded to the Files section as Duerig.jpg. It's a blast!...
Maybe this question is too obscure or off topic, but I don't know anywhere else to ask. Does anyone remember, from a late 60s Edmund catalog, a sort of...
No, but it sounds like it would be fun. Back in the 60's I did make some basic fluidic devices and out of balsa wood and glue. Powered it with the exhaust of...
I would look in back copies of 'Scientific American'. They have a column called The Amateur Scientist and I suspect they would have articles in there (I'm sure...
Sounds like something I had. It in counted to 1 -- "One water balloon." It wasn't much at computing, but was dramatic as an I/O device. B^) What I recall...
Hey guys, thanks for all the replies! This is a fun group. I'll let you know if I can find that Edmund's fluidics thing, or whatever it was----- will use a...
I have a fluidic valve with the paperwork, 1968, explaining the design and operation of the valve. It came as red plastic with a foam washer to hold against...
... design ... washer ... Thanks! That's the one, Bill, just has to be. You describe exactly what I remember from the picture in the old catalog. So it worked...
Here is the link to my Digi-Comp I which I have put for sale. All conditions are listed on the page. I only accept paypal and ship however/where-ever you...
Bill was kind enough to email me the instructions for the fluidics demonstrator. The valve demonstrates digital or analog switching by changing atmospheric...
[Note - new member here. Why am I posting here when I have a DigiComp kit to assemble?] ... I may have had the identical thing, except it was light blue. I ...
It came, it's built, it computes, sort of. Actually, it does better than I'd expect for a collection of such parts. I wasn't really expecting it to do...
ARM offers first clockless processor core EE Times: Latest News Peter Clarke (02/08/2006 10:52 AM EST) LONDON — As expected processor licensor ARM Holdings...
Ric: In theory, during the clear-to-neutral phase (1) an output rod should only move into the "engaged" position if pushed there by an input rod (pushing a...
... I almost mentioned the Coanda effect, but I figured no one would understand the reference. :-) I was a kid when I read about the Coanda effect and ...
... Understood. In (2) the distance traveled by the input/slider/output linkage is that from where the clock plate holds things to the tubes on the input ...
Got the DC2 emulator to work for a few moments on my 2001 compaq software (now outdated as Minivac). Thanks to the inventor, poster, and moderator here. I had...
I just joined the group. I actually have never seen a real Digi-Comp in person, but I really enjoy using the emulator. I didn't have possibility to use the...
... Thanks for the message. I purchased and used a Digi-Comp as a teenager and it led to my professional career as an electronic engineer. I am retired now,...
You'll also want to look at the earlier patent, 3331143. Patents are viewable (and printable) at http://patft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm -Bob S. In a...
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