[geeks] Re: [rescue] RE: Small schools.& elections

[James Fogg]

The first "production" analog computers were used to calculate fire control on
battleships. Some versions existed in WWII, probably mechanical.

Then there were the computers that acted digital, but were built from analog
parts (eniac among them I think). They used saturation circuits on special
transformers.


On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, THOU SPAKE:
> You know, there is such a thing as an analog computer... (I hove no links to back that up, but i have seen them mentioned in the past - typically they were purpose-built and not "programmable")
> 
> Ken
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Bradford [mailto:mrbill at mrbill.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 1:46 PM
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Re: [rescue] RE: Small schools.& elections
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 06:15:22PM +0100, David Murphy wrote:
> > "Bah!, Back in my day, we didn't *have*  zeroes".
> 
> OH YEAH?  We didnt even have these fancy things you call
> "digital numbers" - we had ANALOG POTS!
> 
> -- 
> Bill Bradford
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> Austin, TX
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