Hello, last month I purchased at Ebay a strange little device which seems to be a distant relative of the Digicomp II. I put a short description and images...
... Google is our friend! <http://www.computermuseumgroningen.nl/bobcat/bobcat.html> More photos and apparently complete instruction manual scans. Dave...
Thank you for finding this! I didn't know it was produced. I don't have my research files with me, but the machine was patented and doesn't appear to be...
Great Britain patent 53,755/70 Nov. 11, 1970. US patent 3,747,844 July 24, 1973 (filed Nov. 11, 1971) Inventor: Phillip (Pip) Robert Vassar Youngman The US...
... Agreed! Thanks for this, I'd not run across this either, and it looks interesting. Rats. something *else* have to build out of LEGO <grin>... -- Brian...
I've looked into this a bit. Quick summary of inventor Pip Youngman's reminiscence of BOBCAT's development process, for those of you who havene't looked at ...
... connecting ... reducing ... From what I can gather, the kit makes an actual working model, so all of the proportions and dimensions should be correct for...
Hi there. I aquired a Digicomp I as a ten year old in 1969, and was completely absorbed with it. I loved the way a problem like the game of Nim could be...
Welcome to the group! Many of us have the feeling you describe, where we saw the flowchart for Nim and understood how it could be reduced to just a few...
Just look at the prices the Digicomp I commands on eBay. That should show you that there are still people around with memories of it as loving as yours! As far...
I just picked one up on eBay last night for a Very good price! I'll be able to compare it with the cardboard model. When I was a kid, I used to see the...
US $39.89? That's peanuts for one of these! Neil ... From: titofai I just picked one up on eBay last night for a Very good price! I'll be able to compare it...
I was so impressed by paper goats demonstrating logic functions that I bought the and-goat. The quality of the art is good, but I haven't had time to build it...
I have extensively revised and rewritten the game book. All of the original activities are still in it: Rock Paper Scissors (a magic trick), Grundy's Game,...
One of the best games I've seen in teaching digital logic is Robot Odyssey. It ran on the Apple II (and some IBM versions for DOS). The game had robots that...
Also get "Rocky's Boots" if you can find a copy. Both were available for the Radio Shack Color Computer - several emulators available. Neil ... the "chip ... ...
How's this for a doo-hickey? http://www.mortati.com/glusker/fowler/ <http://www.mortati.com/glusker/fowler/> The device was brought to my attention by Richard...
Hello there.. Just to say what a super forum this is and also to ask if any of you know where i can acquire a Digi-Comp 1 ? I recently attended my local...
Two or three Digi-Comp 1's seem to show up on eBay each year. Digi-Comp 2's are more rare; congratulations. -Bob S. ... Anyway, i am totally hooked now and...