Noobie here. I have had a DC1 since the mid-1960's; could never get the thing to work, or could never quite understand the programming aspect of it. Almost 50...
Hello, all. I just finished going thrw the group looking at all the posting for varies information to answer some of my question. To find more stuff to search...
Hello, all. I recently found out about digi-comps threw so reading I have been doing. Of coruse found it real interesting and would loove to build one to play...
My new game book, MORE FUN with DIGI COMP I, Final Edition, is still available. All of the 31 original activities, with corrections, are still in it, including...
"Wow, check out the video tour of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories' functional recreation of the classic educational binary computer Digi-Comp II." ...
Hello all! I just joined today, and I am very excited to share an idea of mine. To explain this idea, I'll explain its evolution. Some years ago I ran across...
My new game book, MORE FUN with DIGI COMP I, Final Edition, is still available. All of the 31 original activities, with corrections, are still in it,including...
About 2/3 of the way in there is a brief look at a binary sequencer driven by air pressure (pumped via waving sails) stored in plastic soft-drink bottles ...
I hadn't come across this previously, but it looks like a reasonable reconstruction using K'Nex. If I understood how a DC1 works, I really should try this one...
The game is in very good condition, with only a little wear on the box. Includes instruction booklet and all fifteen original blue marbles. If interested, we'd...
My new game book, MORE FUN with DIGI COMP I, Final Edition, is still available. All of the 31 original activities, with corrections, are still in it, including...
I found some video files of my Digicomp II that I made a few years ago when I last had it set up. There seem to be very few videos of it around, so I have put...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk The Antikythera Mechanism: http://bit.ly/fm4oFK is the oldest known scientific computer, built in Greece at around...
Dear Friends of DigiComp, I just stumbled across your group last night. I was amazed that such a group existed. I had a Digi-Comp-I when I was a kid, and I'd...
A few days ago I pulled my old Digi-Comp I out of the ziploc bags I keep it in. It had been several decades since I had put the little device together, but my...
By the way, I have developed a way to number the gameboard and written programs for DigiComp I to play unbeatable Tic-Tac-Toe. It's in my book. Bill Kustes...
"Criminally misleading comic book ad shilled a precognitive robot brain for $5" screams this blog post, resurrecting a late-60s ad for the DC1, an ad some of...
Hello All, I am planning on building a fully-functioning DigiComp II. I may use eMachineShop fabricate the important parts, such as the flip-flops and...
I was getting out my plastic DCI to show my son the other day. It's in working order, except for the tubes. A few years ago they were painted with the wrong...
Since this is pretty much the only forum for Digi-Comp aficionados, there's no point in my going to e-bay for this. I am offering the world's only 4-bit, brass...
I finally finished the Contraption. It weighs 2 1/2 lbs and has a satisfying, heavy, squeaky mechanical feel to it - very Steampunk'y, like I wanted. It counts...
There's been a flurry of expert activity in this forum recently, and I can't help but wonder: Are any of the participants under 30? If not, are we endanger of...
I'm curious: I've read about a lot of early mechanical computing devices, but has anyone ever built a fully-functional, mechanical computer that has ALL the...
Hello everyone- I know we are all still mainly on the topic of the Digi-Comp I, however, does anyone know/remember the dimensions of the Digi-Comp II? It's...
I glued a thin strip of brass along the front edge of the lower clock plate, to: (1) raise the profile slightly; and (2) reduce friction. It worked - the wires...
I recently found this fun item at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Powers-of-2-BCD-Clock/dp/B0006JN7FA Tell time by reading off the blue LEDs. If you like...
