qz thoughtsLittle Green Desktop
A site devoted to all things Atari ST, downloads, games, reviews, scans of software boxes, etc.
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[2004 Feb 05]
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Analog Computer Museum
"An analog computer is a computing device that has two distinguishing characteristics: (1) Performs operations in a truly parallel manner. Meaning it can perform many calculations all at the same time. (2) And operates using continuous variables. Meaning it uses numbers that that change not in steps, but change in a smooth continuous manner. By constrast, a digital computer can only perform sequential (one at a time) operations, and operates on discrete (noncontinuous) numbers."
dead link: http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog/
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[2004 Jan 26]
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Tinker Toy Computer
A column from Scientific American about the workings of the Tinker Toy tic-tac-toe playing computer. How the game logic works, how the memory bank is encoded, and other interesting details.
dead link: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cfs/472_html/Intro/TinkertoyComputer/TinkerToy.html
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[2004 Jan 26]
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Rope and Pulley Computer
Made about 850CE, this computer uses ropes and pulleys to make the logic gates.
dead link: http://www.rustrans.co.uk/slh/rope.html
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[2004 Jan 26]
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