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Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew?

From	"Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: wearable computers from the sixties - who knew?
Date	2016-01-19 00:22 -0600
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"Michael Black" wrote:

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> 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:

                        "[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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