Reply #11: The book in pdf is "Mind Machines You Can Build" by G. Harry Stine

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Stine, G. Harry (George Harry). 1928-
Mind Machines you can build/by G. Harry
Stine.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-56087-016-8: $11.95
1. Machinery. I.Title.
TJ153.S774 1992
133.028-dc20 91-27801 CIP
Manufactured in the United States

If it's not the same book, it's similar. Is yours from 1992?

The amount of information on the yahoo group is pretty extensive as is the case with the Mystical Wonders forum. I'm still reading through as I'm still trying to wrap my brains around it all ;)

This thread on Mystical Wonders gives useful examples of symbolic software, though I'm guessing the programs you're talking about are real computer programs, right?