Editing Geniac (section)

==Construction==

The Geniac kit consisted of a wedge-shaped case, a console panel, and nearly 400 other parts available for assembly. It was powered by a flashlight battery. 

Basically a [[rotary switch]] construction set, the Geniac contained six perforated [[masonite]] disks, into the back of which brass [[Jumper (computing)|jumpers]] could be inserted. The jumpers made [[Electric current|electrical]] connections between slotted brass bolt heads sitting out from the similarly perforated masonite back panel. To the bolts were attached wires behind the panel. The circuit comprised a battery, such wires from it to, and between, switch positions, wires from the switches to indicator flashlight bulbs set along the panel's middle, and return wires to the battery to complete the circuit.

Setting up Geniac to solve a new problem or perform a new operation involved rewiring the jumpers on the back panel, a task advertised as taking only a few minutes.<ref name="Time Inc p. 176">{{cite book | title=LIFE | date=March 19, 1956 | publisher=Time Inc | issn=0024-3019 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6FYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA176 | access-date=2023-12-07 | page=176}}</ref>