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vaguely related: MENACE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchbox_Educable_Noughts_and_Crosses_Engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchbox_Educable_Noughts_and_

• B1FF_PSUVM 6mo ago
  Ah, so that's where Fred Saberhagen got the gimmick for his first Berserker story - "Without a Thought" / "Fortress Ship", 1963. (A spaceman uses a pet that plays with beads to simulate not being temporarily incapacitated by a 'mind beam' attack.) Thank you.
• eesmith 6mo ago
  "A Tinkertoy computer that plays tic-tac-toe" - https://tcm.computerhistory.org/Timeline/TinkerToy.pdf https://tcm.computerhistory.org/Timeline/TinkerToy.pdf and https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/X39.81 https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/X39.81 "Great Tinkertoy Computer" - https://www.science20.com/brain_candyfeed_your_mind/great_tinkertoy_computer_tictactoe_domination-46197 https://www.science20.com/brain_candyfeed_your_mind/great_ti...