I'd like to know the overall dimensions for the box. From the pictures on the Yahoo site, it appears to be about 20" long. I'd also like to know how much it...
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Mar 19, 2003 2:36 pm
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Wow. Those scans really bring back some memories. I was nine when I received a DigiComp I as a Christmas present. I played with it for a year straight,...
I am offering my Digi-Comp 1 for sale on eBay. The kit is missing one of the springs and a couple of the logic tubes. It is otherwise complete. All plastic...
How much are you offering the Digi-Comp 1? Please let me know. William Des Lauriers ... From: Jason Hollister To: friendsofdigicomp@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
I have a spare Digi-Comp1 that I`m willing to sell if anyone is intrested. It is unassembled and as new in box. There are no books or instructions. I would...
Hi Folks, I too grew up with the DigiComp I, back in the late '60's. I've always thought it had a lot of potential... ...if only it worked a little more...
Hi Tim, I don't have that original toy myself. My brother only has it. I want to and am also thinking about building a 4 bits of state Digi- Comp 1. I am...
Hi William, Glad to find a kindred spirit. I have high-resolution, high-contrast scans of the DigiComp I parts. I know there are programs that take "raster"...
In fact, Illustrator can export files as DXF -- Autocad Exchange format which I know CNC Laser cutters prefer (I've had some acrylic gears cut before). ...
Hi Tim, I am still interested in the high-resolution scans with original parts' dimensions (measurements) displayed. My main goal is to stretch the DigiComp...
We are working on getting outlines from our high resolution scans. I just asked my colleague who his laser cutter guy is. He made the body of a robot out of...
Tim, Very Interesting! What kind of plastic does the original Digi-Comp 1 have? What about parts' thickness? Noah Spurrier mentioned a free TURBOCAD...
Acrylic (Plexiglas brand) cuts beautifully on a laser. As a side effect of the cut the laser actually polishes the edges. Another material to consider --...
Hi William, http://www.filener.com/ is a link to the commercial laser cutter guy my colleague used for his robot project. ... From: William A. Des Lauriers ...
Hi Bill, Yes, at lower power settings a laser cutter can ablate material away from the surface of the work piece, though I don't know what the resulting ...
I have not seen a DigiComp up close, but it looks like styrene (maybe ABS). Could also be PVC. It's probably something cheap and soft like that. I had...
Interesting. It looks from the photo that in this unit, every one of those pesky springs have been replaced with rubber bands. Also, it looks like some...
The Links section has http://galena.tjs.org/galena/digicomp as a link to a digicomp manual. It may be broken. (I'll try again later) Can someone upload a...
That would be great. You should be able to upload. I just uploaded a test picture of my dog to the files section. (I deleted it immediately.) gilkenator ... ...
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May 21, 2003 1:35 am
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I seached through the archives and found several references to patents on the Digicomp1 and other devices. Can someone post the patent numbers so I can try to ...
... The Digicomp 1 patent for a "mechanical binary digital computer" is 3,273,794. Digicomp 2's patent # is 3,390,471 Finally, Think-a-Dot ("computer-type game...
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May 21, 2003 8:39 pm
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