James from Retrothing writes – “The classic 3-bit Digicomp mechanical computer from the 1960s has been reissued as a $49 kit. It looks fantastic.”Link.
2 thoughts on “Build your own Digicomp mechanical computer!”
WindyTsays:
I owned the original back in the 60s. Worked perfectly then.
It only played the one game, the “Start with 15, and you can choose 1, 2, or 3, and the computer chooses, then whomever has to choose the last single one loses”.
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I owned the original back in the 60s. Worked perfectly then.
It only played the one game, the “Start with 15, and you can choose 1, 2, or 3, and the computer chooses, then whomever has to choose the last single one loses”.
Wow, what a throwback!!