How to build a working digital computer
by Alcosser, Edward; James P. Phillips; Allen M. Wolk
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very good
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About This Item
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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- Denominator Books (IOBA) (US)
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- 5624
- 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
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 7th printing
- Publisher
- Hayden Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
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