Articles on Simon

[Marvin Johnston]

There are at least two types of Simon documents available. I *think* the
first articles were the Radio Electronics Magazine series, and that was
followed by the reprint. The primary difference that I could see was the
color diagrams in the Radio Electronics Magazine series as opposed to
B&W on the reprints. When the discussion took place the last time on
this listserver, ISTR that Doug Salot had the reprints but they were
slightly different from what I have.

While I have the scans of the reprint (and they are still around here
... someplace), it would be nice to have the color wiring diagrams (they
are MUCH easier to see the specific wiring being described in the
figure.)

Also, ISTR that someone else on the list got a copy of the articles from
the Charles Babbage Institute and there were still some copyright
restrictions.


> From: "Charles E. Fox" <cfox1 at cogeco.ca>

>          While looking for something else in old magazines I ran across a 
> series of articles by Edmund C. Berkeley and Robert A. Jensen on the design 
> and construction of the Simon relay computer. (Oct 1950 to Sept 1951 Radio 
> Electronics)  I can't find number 13 in Oct 1951, which is apparently a 
> description
> of a different computer.
>          Would it be worthwhile trying to scan these and try to get someone 
> to post them?