...and who has information on that wonderfully-nostalgic ol' Heathkit analog
computer that existed in the '60s??
Bruce
bkr_at_WildHareComputers.com
-or-
bkr_at_SimuLogics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Coward" <mranalog_at_home.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 5:11 PM
Subject: Mechanical analog computer history
> Hi all,
> In my continuing effort to keep the discussion from
> becoming too digital, I want to point out a wonderful
> article I just found. This article cover the history
> of mechanical analog computers in general and
> specifically the mechanical analog fire control
> computers developed by the Ford Instruments Company
> from it's founding in 1915 up to the dawn of electronic
> analog computing in the 1940s.
>
> Beware the PDF is 2.6 MB.
>
> "The Mechanical Analog Computers of Hannibal Ford and William Newell"
> by A.Ben Clymer, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol 15,
> No. 2, 1993
> http://web.mit.edu/STS.035/www/PDFs/Newell.pdf
>
> And my Ford Instruments page is at:
> http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog/fordsperry.htm
>
> Regards,
> --Doug
> =========================================
> Doug Coward
> _at_ home in Poulsbo, WA
>
> Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center
> http://www.best.com/~dcoward/analog
> =========================================
Received on Wed May 09 2001 - 19:42:39 BST