"Basics of Analog Computers" book

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu Nov 9 00:22:15 2000

On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Mike Ford wrote:

> >In addition, for real time simulation digital machines of that
> >generation were wholly (too strong?) inadewuate to the task. In
> >particular, I recall reading about a '60ish project by one of Britain's
> >Formula One makers to use a computer to control a F1-machine driving
> >around an actual circuit in lieu of the driver. As I recall the story,
> >it did not make it beyond the second turn. However, an analogue
> >computer handled the task quite well. Apocryphal? ???
>
> Anecdotal, how it is done is likely the critical factor, not the hardware
> it was implemented on.
 
Possibly, though my recollection is that it was primarily a matter of
response time. Certainly, there were a number of factors involved in
the success or failure of each.
                                                 - don
 
 
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