donner analog computer

From: Ed Sharpe <esharpe_at_uswest.net>
Date: Tue Aug 26 18:36:00 2003

>>>>The problem is that the model 3500 are much more common and
easier to find.

really? this is the only one I have run across... we treasure it here at
the museum! should be fun to bring it back to life! Looking at some you
have on your site was a real eye- opener for me, I did not realize how many
different ones there were!

thanks ed!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Coward" <mranalog_at_comcast.net>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: donner analog computer


> I wrote:
> > I sent this reply a couple of days ago but it never
> >appeared in the digest so I can only assume that
> >it went into the univeral bit bucket. Here it is again.
>
> OK it didn't get lost, the digest I received yesterday
> covered August 16-20.
>
> ed sharpe wrote:
> >Doug, Kudos on the Korn complements, could not
> >think of a better source of congrats.
>
> Dr. Korn's web site is at http://members.aol.com/gatmkorn
> For those that are not familar with Dr. Korn's books -
> Books authored or co-authored by Dr Granino Korn:
> 1952 - Electronic Analog Computers
> 1956 - Electronic Analog Computers (second edition)
> 1961 - Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers
> 1964 - Electronic Analog and Hybrid Computers
> 1965 - Basic Tables in Electrical Engineering
> 1965 - Random-process Simulation and Measurements
> 1968 - Manual of Mathematics
> 1968 - Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers (second edition)
> 1972 - Electronic Analog and Hybrid Computers (second edition)
> 1973 - Minicomputers for Engineers and Scientists
> 1975 - Operational Amplifier Theory and Applications
> 1978 - Microprocessors and Small Digital Computer Systems
> 1989 - Interactive Dynamic-system Simulation
> 1991 - Neural-network Experiments on Personal Computers and Workstations
> 1991 - Operational Amplifier Theory and Applications (second edition)
> 1995 - Neural Networks and Fuzzy-logic Control on Personal Computers and
> Workstations
> 1998 - Interactive Dynamic-system Simulation under Microsoft Windows
>
> co-editor-in chief of the McGraw-Hill Computer Handbook (1962) and
> the Digital Computer User's Handbook (1967).
>
> ed sharpe wrote:
> > tried to find the manual online, do you have any plans to PDF any of
> this
> >material?
>
> Not right now. I have just about everything I own packed up and in
storage
> in anticipation of an up coming move, but as soon as I get a chance I'll
> send you a copy.
>
> I sent a link to your picture of the 3500 to the person at Brookhaven
> National Laboratory that was in charge of the 1997 recreation of the
> Higinbotham "Tennis For Two" demonstration. He is anxious to find
> a rack mounted Donner model 30 to be a part of a permanent display.
> The problem is that the model 3500 are much more common and
> easier to find.
> --Doug
> =========================================
> Doug Coward
> _at_ home in Poulsbo, WA
>
> Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center
> http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog
> =========================================
Received on Tue Aug 26 2003 - 18:36:00 BST

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