"Basics of Analog Computers" book

From: Mark Gregory <gregorym_at_cadvision.com>
Date: Tue Nov 7 16:10:55 2000

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From: "Mark Green" <mark_at_cs.ualberta.ca>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: "Basics of Analog Computers" book
>
> The last time I looked tubes were analogue devices. One of their
> main uses is as amplifiers, which is definitely an analogue function.
> If I remember correctly, one of the main problems with early tube
> computers (1940s and 1950s), was actually getting the tubes to behave
> like digital devices.
>

Point taken on the nature of tubes, but they were primarily used in
computers as bipolar devices, weren't they? The fact that a computer
contains analogue devices doesn't make it an analogue computer.

Mark.
Received on Tue Nov 07 2000 - 16:10:55 GMT