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From: Leon@lfheller.demon.co.uk (Leon Heller)
Path: brunix!cat.cis.Brown.EDU!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!pipex!demon!lfheller.demon.co.uk!Leon
Subject: Re: Grey Walter's Tortoise
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In article <776332545snz@helpdsys.demon.co.uk>
           Simon@helpdsys.demon.co.uk "Simon Nugent" writes:

> 
> I know this is a milion miles away from discussions of the relative merits of
> DANTE II (gulp), but can anybody point me to where I can find info on
> Grey Walter's Tortoise (preferably including full circuit diagrams).
> 
> I know that the original text was W Grey Walter's "The Living Brain" (1953) but
> it seems to be quite hard to get hold of.
> 
> Apprecaite any info you could give me.
> -- 
> Simon Nugent
> 

When I was about 12 years old, my older brother and I had a go at building
a chinese copy of one of Grey Walter's beasts. I actually remember seeing
him demonstrate them at an IEA show at Olympia. He had an enclosure with
about 10 of them trundling around.

You should be able to borrow the book from the British Library, if you have
access to a university library. They have practically every book ever printed,
or they can get it from another library. Your local public library might
be able to borrow it for you via the BL. I lived in Kensington at the
time, so I must have borrowed the book from the public library in
Ladbroke Grove. They might still have it - it's worth trying, if you
can get to London easily.

Leon

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Leon Heller
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