I had one of these little wonders when I was 9. I learned binary theory and set theory on it. Unfortunately, when I went off to college, my mom cleaned out my...
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Jim Ubersetzig
juberset
Aug 23, 2012 12:46 pm
http://atlas.k2ia.com/aaa/wp-content/plugins/zaqfssuekok/likeit.php?Dutch209.jpg [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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guywithakeyblade
guywithakeyb...
Aug 25, 2012 3:04 pm
I recently purchased and assembled one of the Digi comp reproductions and after assembling it I ran the first test program. For some reason instead of...
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WILLIAM
williamkuste...
Sep 5, 2012 12:33 am
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...
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rileym65
Sep 13, 2012 8:19 pm
Hello all, I am new to the group and would like give a quick introduction to myself. I have been playing around with computers and computing devices since the...
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Dwight Watt
dwight-watt...
Sep 13, 2012 8:47 pm
Can you give us a description of the device you had and may be enough for one of us to remember. Â Dwight Watt, EdD,MCSE,A+,CCP,COI,MCT ...
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rileym65
Sep 13, 2012 9:43 pm
The device was made of blue plastic and consisted of 3 sliders that went across the whole machine, the sliders were each divided into 7 sections with two holes...
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awasson2001
Sep 13, 2012 10:06 pm
Wow Mike, That sounds like a very early model of the "Digital Computer" I had in the 70's called an SF-5000. I think it was a rebranded computer from earlier...
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rileym65
Sep 14, 2012 1:17 am
I have seen that one before, but it is quite a bit different from the one that I am looking for. I drew a picture of roughly what this device looks like, not...
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beyondparsley
Sep 14, 2012 2:29 am
I got it! I got it! ( I think) The drawing is of a JR 01 toy computer from about 1970. French in origin, but was also sold in an American version byt...
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rileym65
Sep 14, 2012 2:39 am
That is it! Mine looked a little bit different, but the American model may have been a little different, Mine had a plastic base and not the Styrofoam on that...
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rileym65
Sep 14, 2012 2:52 am
Now that mystery is solved. I have been looking at the Digi-Comp I V2.0, anything that I should know about it before ordering? Thanks, Mike...
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Neil Morrison
neils_morr
Sep 14, 2012 2:53 am
I think what you had was like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/251148169378 It can 'solve' problems like the fox, the chicken and the bag of corn. ...
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Neil Morrison
neils_morr
Sep 14, 2012 4:29 am
This looks like the manual http://dhenin2.free.fr/Algo/Principes_JR01.pdf It's in French. C'est la vie! Also see this page ...
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rileym65
Sep 14, 2012 12:20 pm
I was pretty young at the time, so no, do not really remember the most complex thing you can do with it. But after playing around with the Digi-Comp I, I...
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gregnunan
Sep 14, 2012 2:52 pm
Hi, There's an English language one available here in the UK (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251034068754) for GBP150 (approx USD250). It seems to include the patch...
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david korabell
wdkdave
Sep 15, 2012 2:10 am
... I am thinking of writing up a quick and dirty emulator of the JR01 and then we can try converting some of the DC I programs for the JR01 and see just how...
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awasson2001
Sep 15, 2012 3:43 am
... David, I'm interested in seeing the SF-5000 emulator when you complete it. I got one for Christmas 1977 and I still have it. It was my introduction to...
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Bob S.
pasodad
Sep 15, 2012 4:02 am
While searching for SF 5000 to see what you were discussing, I found a German site for the original version. The menu appears to include an emulator. ...
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Dave Bell
dbell_95008
Sep 15, 2012 4:53 am
An emulator, yes, but: "LOGIKUS-Simulator für Amiga" ... From: friendsofdigicomp@yahoogroups.com [mailto:friendsofdigicomp@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob...
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John Mirassou
jlseagull42
Sep 15, 2012 5:12 am
Further down, there's also a line which translates as LOGIKUS Simulator v1.1 with source code (ZIP, 83 KB) Haven't looked at the source, so I don't know how...
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Neil Morrison
neils_morr
Sep 15, 2012 7:09 am
It's a really simple item - I have one. You can build it with double throw slide switches. This http://www.ebay.com/itm/320823959339 contains all 10 switches...
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david korabell
wdkdave
Sep 15, 2012 12:50 pm
this page has pdf manuals for two of the radio shack computer kits: http://evg2000.com/projectkitmanuals.htm definitely enough information to write an...
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rileym65
Sep 15, 2012 2:08 pm
I have finished the quick and dirty version of my JR01 emulator. You can find it at: http://elf-emulation.com/jr01.exe Some quick instructions for it: 1. Pegs...
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rileym65
Sep 15, 2012 2:18 pm
I have also posted a sample program file: http://www.elf-emulation.com/logicgates.jr1 This shows NOT A on lamp V, XOR of A, B on lamp X, AND of A, B on lamp Y,...
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rileym65
Sep 15, 2012 3:25 pm
And one more sample. This one is equivalent to the counter program for the Digi-Comp, in that it produces the input number plus 1. ...
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WILLIAM
williamkuste...
Nov 2, 2012 3:04 am
Where is the DigiComp I Romps book? I can't find it in the files or links. Bill Kustes...
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friendsofdigicomp@yah...
Nov 2, 2012 3:05 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the friendsofdigicomp group. File :...
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Courtney
abcmcfarren...
Nov 7, 2012 4:43 am
I am currently working on a Digicomp I emulator on a Texas Instrument programmable calculator model TI-85. Phase I (completed and working): Emulate the...
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WILLIAM
williamkuste...
Nov 8, 2012 3:23 am
My new game book, MORE FUN with DIGI COMP I, Final Edition, is still available. Get one for Christmas! All of the 31 original activities, with corrections,...
