Re: Your earliest encounters?

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From: Gareths Downstairs Computer
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:33

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On 23/03/2018 21:11, David Wade wrote:
> On 20/03/2018 21:54, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
>> I think recently that we discussed the DigiComp
>> plastic binary adder (with stick-on paper 1 and 0!),
>> but preceding that, I was involved with wiring up
>> NOR gates with OC200 or OC201 transistors for the
>> school's first "computer".
>>
>> This was about 1966 when I was 15.
> 
> Which school Gareth?

Nailsea Grammar School, under the aegis of
maths teacher D.E.Lane.

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