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Related, from 1959, many years before CARDIAC:

PAPAC-00 A 2-register, 1 bit, Fixed Instruction Binary Digital Computer

https://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2010/11/a...

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I got a 503

https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034337/https://longstree...

Published in CACM no less. Also:

> (3) that the typical 12-year-old youngster has the interest, skill and basic knowledge necessary to build and understand simple working models of practically anything

Indeed.

Indeed, or even younger. I look back to that time and realize that I was capable of quick breadth first knowledge aquisition - something that often escaped me when I was older and wanted to go deep on everything but this slows you down if you're just trying to get something finished.

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