21 Mar
2016
21 Mar
'16
4:33 p.m.
Might be of interest to the list: I just finished reading "Turing's Cathedral" by George Dyson about the early days of digital computers (and a very cool account of the first cellular automaton running in 5K memory!) and - looking for more information about Boolean algebra and logic - came across this free online course that builds a virtual machine from first principles ... https://www.coursera.org/learn/build-a-computer http://nand2tetris.org/ Next session starts March 28. -- (o< .: Per curiositas ad astra .: http://www.circuidipity.com (/)_