Heathkit EC-1

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Fri May 2 13:50:00 2003

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> Ethan wrote:
>> How does a resistive sheet computer work?
>
> Just a quick note for now.
> Resistive sheets belong to a category of analog
>computing called network analyzers.
>
>> In the same vein (pun intended)... how would fluidic computers
>> stack up? Digital? Analog? Mixed?
>
> Fluidics (or fluid logic) can have both analog
>and digital processes. You can perform boolean
>operations, but you also can have fluid amplifers.

Hi
 An interesting side note. The power steering of your
auto is an example of an analog fluid amplifier.
Dwight


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