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developerWorks: The Heath Robinson Rube Goldberg Computer

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 18, 2007

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“…building a physical implementation of the entire HRRG
computer (or, “The Beast”) from the ground up is a huge undertaking
that would be both time-consuming and expensive. The HRRG team’s
cunning solution to this conundrum is to create an HRRG emulator
program that provides virtual representations of all of the
cabinets (functional units) forming The Beast.”


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