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How to build a working digital computer

How to build a working digital computer

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How to build a working digital computer

by Alcosser, Edward; James P. Phillips; Allen M. Wolk

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New York: Hayden Book Company, 1971. 7th printing. Paperback. Very good. Very good softcover. Text clean and unmarked, light creating to spine, toning to edges. ""...How to Build a Working Digital Computer is both an introduction to the "new and exciting field of digital computers" and a set of plans to build one. What's especially interesting is that the plans don't call for any specialized electronic components, but instead show how to build everything from parts that you might find at a hardware store: items like paper clips, little light bulbs, thread spools, wire, screws, and switches (that can optionally be made from paper clips)... for instance, used paper clips as switches, while an ordinary tin can formed the basis of a rudimentary drum memory , much like earlier computers such as the IBM 650. A professional version of the computer was later commercially marketed as the Arkay CT-650..."

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Title
How to build a working digital computer
Author
Alcosser, Edward; James P. Phillips; Allen M. Wolk
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very good
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Edition
7th printing
Publisher
Hayden Book Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1971

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