jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) (10/01/89)
In article <3300071@m.cs.uiuc.edu> nelson@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes: We are interested in building something (possibly a Turing Machine) out of LEGO blocks. In article <1801@brazos.Rice.edu>, by preston@titan.rice.edu (Preston Briggs) answers: ... it reminds me that Danny Hillis (as in Connection Machine) once mentioned building a tinker-toy machine that played tic-tac-toe. u I believe it lives in a museum in Arkansas. From article <218@visix.UUCP>, by jeff@visix.UUCP (Jeff Barr): Unless there is more than one, I saw the Tinker-Toy (tm ?) tic-tac-toe machine in the Computer Museum in Boston, MA ... In the October 1989 issue of Scientific American, A.K. Dewdney's "Computer Recreations" column is titled "A tinkertoy computer that plays tic-tac-toe". According to the column there were two of these built -- by M.I.T. students naturally [:-)]. One (the cube) is currently in the Computer Museum in Boston but is not fully functional; the other (a different design) is "in storage" at the Mid-America Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Read the column for the fascinating details. -- John G Dobnick Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee INTERNET: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu UUCP: uunet!uwm!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!jgd "Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight." -- William Safire
joe@modcomp.UUCP (10/02/89)
> In the October 1989 issue of Scientific American, A.K. Dewdney's > "Computer Recreations" column is titled "A tinkertoy computer that > plays tic-tac-toe". > According to the column there were two of these built -- by M.I.T. > students naturally [:-)]. Interesting. I designed a ttt toy as a high school science fair project back in '74-75, built out of relay logic. Not much of it is left other than the drawings (maybe none, if my parents have cleaned out the attic). This article makes me wonder -- could my toy have been museum grade stuff, or even a first? -- joe korty "For every vengence there is an equal and uunet!modcomp!joe opposite revengence." (from Cartoon Laws)