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Re: An interesting use for phone relays [telecom]

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On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:13:13 -0400, T wrote:

> Check this out. I think it's an awesome use of discarded technology.
.........
The museum in my city used to have a mechanical "Tic Tac Toe" (Noughts and
Crosses) machine that you could play and it was made mostly of old SxS
relays and linefinders etc. (I only found out what they actually were
years later when I was introduced to Step exchanges).

This was back in the 1970's and it didn't take long to work out how to
defeat the hardwired logic and win every game, but it was a pretty
effective "kid magnet" and was very popular for the junior tech-heads.

I don't know if it still exists, but it would be an exhibit in its own
right now on the old technology used let alone the pioneering use as an
entertainment device!

-- 
Regards, David.

David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.

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An intersting use for phone relays [telecom] T <kd1s.nospam@cox.nospam.net> - 2011-04-22 16:13 -0400
  Re: An interesting use for phone relays [telecom] David Clayton <dcstarbox-usenet@yahoo.com.au> - 2011-04-23 08:57 +1000
    Re: An interesting use for phone relays [telecom] Wes Leatherock <wleathus@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-23 14:19 -0700
    Re: An interesting use for phone relays [telecom] AES <siegman@stanford.edu> - 2011-04-23 12:37 -0700
    Re: An interesting use for phone relays [telecom] kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2011-04-26 10:16 -0400
  Re: An intersting use for phone relays [telecom] Eric Tappert <e.tappert.spamnot@worldnet.att.net> - 2011-04-22 19:18 -0400
    Re: An intersting use for phone relays [telecom] Frank Stearns <franks.pacifier.com@pacifier.net> - 2011-04-23 14:16 -0500
    Re: An intersting use for phone relays [telecom] Eric Tappert <e.tappert.spamnot@worldnet.att.net> - 2011-04-23 21:29 -0400
      Re: An intersting use for phone relays [telecom] Lisa or Jeff <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2011-04-26 12:14 -0700
    Re: An intersting use for phone relays [telecom] bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi) - 2011-04-24 03:32 -0500
      Re: An intersting use for phone relays [telecom] Eric Tappert <e.tappert.spamnot@worldnet.att.net> - 2011-04-24 17:31 -0400
  Re: An intersting use for phone relays [telecom] Lisa or Jeff <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2011-04-28 11:16 -0700

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