Analog vs Digital devices, was Magnetics

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Thu Nov 9 18:52:21 2000

At 09:17 AM 11/9/00 -0800, Mike wrote:
>Its [Norden Bomb Sight] a single purpose device. Computers tend to be
>flexible. I would call it
>more of a calculator, or really a mechanical compensator.

Its probably an ancient argument. I'd call it an "embedded" analog computer :-)

--Chuck
Received on Thu Nov 09 2000 - 18:52:21 GMT