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

[James Fogg]

yup agreed

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, THOU SPAKE:
> James,
> 
> My thought was that the logic is discrete, binary in ENIAC, but in a true analog computer, there are numerous (infinite) states to be processed.
> 
> The theory of operation *behind* the logic is not what I am talking about, I am talking about the "logic" of the system as the programmer see it.
> 
> I think we are discussing different things, and I suspect we both agree the others points are valid...
> 
> Ken
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Fogg [mailto:jfogg at vicinity.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 3:30 PM
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE: [geeks] Re: [rescue] RE: Small schools.& elections
> 
> 
> Wait... this is going to get way out of hand...
> 
> Even transistor gates are analog, we just saturate them too. Maybe I shouldn't
> have said anything.
> 
> And yes, many of the tube computers used transformers driven to saturation.
> And nothing is more analog than a vacuum tube (except a common wall clock, but
> thats another, more philosophical, discussion and can get hairy).
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