I read a post elsewhere and heard that there’s also a YouTube video (but I haven’t watched it) of this rather cool looking device called Turing Tumble. Apparently it is a Kickstarter funded mechanical computer made of plastic and marbles. It kind of reminds me of the Digicomp II mechanical computer from the late 1960’s. https://www.turingtumble.com/ -- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
There is (or was) a DigiComp II available from EMS. One was on display at last year's VCF East. https://youtu.be/-z-iyn7BZ_0 On Mar 10, 2018, at 10:42 AM, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: I read a post elsewhere and heard that there’s also a YouTube video (but I haven’t watched it) of this rather cool looking device called Turing Tumble. Apparently it is a Kickstarter funded mechanical computer made of plastic and marbles. It kind of reminds me of the Digicomp II mechanical computer from the late 1960’s. https://www.turingtumble.com/ -- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
Sorry, reading on my phone and thought you said DigiComp I On Mar 10, 2018, at 10:42 AM, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: I read a post elsewhere and heard that there’s also a YouTube video (but I haven’t watched it) of this rather cool looking device called Turing Tumble. Apparently it is a Kickstarter funded mechanical computer made of plastic and marbles. It kind of reminds me of the Digicomp II mechanical computer from the late 1960’s. https://www.turingtumble.com/ -- Normal Person: Hey, it seems that you know a lot. Geek: To be honest, it's due to all the surfing I do. Normal Person: So you go surfing? Normal Person: But I don't think that has anything to do with knowing a lot... Geek: I think that's wrong on a fundamental level. Normal Person: Huh? Huh? What?
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