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Re:4 bit computer built from discrete transistors by abecedarius on Saturday May 28, 2016 @08:53AM (#11791465)
Charles Peirce also had the idea in the 1880s, but he didn't publish it. (There were a couple of others in the 1930s who did, but were unfortunate enough to not be Shannon.)

http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/pulc/pulc_v_45... from page 186 has the story about Peirce.

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