Steven:
Thomas is referring to Writings of
CSP, vol. 5. It contains a copy of a letter of Dec 30, 1886, of which
there is a copy (with an image of a page from it), to Allan Marquand in which
Peirce explains to Marquand how the electronic switch (the logic gate) would
work, with a simple diagram. Kenneth Ketner wrote a paper on a logic
machine which Marquand built with an account of Peirce's role in that, but I
seem to have mislaid my copy of it. Ken is temporarily off of the list,
pursuing the possibility of getting the Peirce-inspired quantum computer
actualized, but he probably still has an offprint he can send you or a photocopy
of it. But apart from that you can check the reference to the Writings
volume.
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