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Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew?

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On Tue, 19 Jan 2016, Osmium wrote:

> "Michael Black" wrote:
>
> news:alpine.LNX.2.02.1601181528070.28287@darkstar.example.org...
>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2016, Lewis wrote:
>> 
>>> In message <alpine.LNX.2.02.1601172311120.26926@darkstar.example.org>
>>>  Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 17 Jan 2016, M. John Matlaw wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> The thing that piqued my interest was someone figuring out a way to 
>>>>> increase
>>>>> their chances in roulette.  Wouldn't have thought that possible.
>>>>> 
>>>>> <http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/18/edward-thorp-father-of-wearable-computing/>
>>>>> 
>>>> That wasn't really a computer, just a timer of some sort.
>>> 
>>> It was certainly more than a simple stopwatch. It computed. So...
>>> 
>> The article mentioned a specific number of transistors, I think five.
>> 
>> You really can't do much with 5 transistors.
>
> I read that book when it came out and I have been bothered by the factual 
> basis of this thread from the get go, it doesn't match my memory.  The system 
> included various bits and pieces, parts were in the shoe, parts were strapped 
> around the chest and there may have been even more.Here is a bit from the 
> book:
>
There's two stories here, I thought initially it was one and they got the 
date wrong.

The story that started this thread seems to be about 1961, and they talked 
about a small number of transistors.

Starting in the mid-seventies, there was that project written about in 
"The Eudaemonic Pie", and they were actually using a microprocessor, 
things having changed enough that they existed by then.  Not an easy task 
getting what was needed into a small space, but an actual wearable 
computer, while the earlier project doesn't seem to be really a 
"computer".

   Michael



>                       "[The unit] would hold the microprocessor, EPROM and
>                      RAMS needed for operating the roulette algorithm.
>                       The other unit would hold a clock, five logic chips,
>                     and the transistors and amplifier by which the
>                     compiler talked ... "
>
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9aOedEfOMMC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=Eudaemonic+five+transistors&source=bl&ots=ln_iGedyVU&sig=84MmvecsQs_PgHqtnJw1SsZ4MkE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-ha6imbXKAhUM5CYKHfbdCUEQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=Eudaemonic%20five%20transistors&f=false
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wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2016-01-17 05:23 -0500
  Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-17 14:20 +0000
    Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-17 15:14 +0000
      Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-17 19:24 +0000
        Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-17 20:15 +0000
  Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2016-01-17 10:25 -0800
  Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-17 23:12 -0500
    Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-18 10:01 +0000
      Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-18 15:28 -0500
        Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-01-19 03:58 +0000
          Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 23:16 -0500
        Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-01-19 00:22 -0600
          Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 06:58 -0500
            Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-01-19 08:32 -0600
              Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-01-19 15:48 +0000
          Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-19 15:44 -0500
        Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-19 07:36 -0500
          Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-19 15:46 -0500
            Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-01-19 16:37 -0600
  Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Sbez <Sbez742@gmail.com> - 2016-03-04 07:19 -0600
    Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-03-04 16:24 +0000

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