Fischer Technik and similar logic-enhanced toys (was Re:

[Tony Duell]

> > I'd _love_ a way to home-brew some sort of snap-together logic toy. 
> > For that matter, I'd love a way to make something like a DEC 
> > Logic Lab from stuff around the house (i.e. - a 2 sq ft board 
> > covered with logic and plug points)... One could use banana 
> > jacks, etc., for the interconnects, but at retail pricing, 
> > that would start to add up to real money real fast.
> > 
> > -ethan
> 
> 
> I read a few months ago an interesting article about a virtual
> building blocks piece of freeware software to be downloaded from
> http://www.muvium.com/  It is the "link" Virtual Breadboard, but
> it is already also for months announced with "Coming Soon.."
> I regularly keep watching this site ...

Hmmm... I hate to say this, but a 'virtual kit' like this is but a very 
pale immitation of the real thing. I've yet to see any simulation that 
comes close to what you can do with the real stuff, and seeing a real 
machine move is a lot more interesting than seeing moving pixels on a 
monitor screen.

-tony