Hi Mike,
}- On 1999-05-31 Boanne said:
}- }- I have always heard that "analog computers are impossible"
}- }- and that they would be HUGE... Could you explain what the
}- }- difference between an analog and a digital computer is, and
}- }- why they would be impossible?
}- Definitely not impossible. There were many made and used when
}- digital computers were still less powerful than today's
}- calculators.
[snip]
}- To sum up: whoever told you that analogue computers were
}- impossible, in some ways couldn't have been more wrong; to
}- equal the capabilities of an analogue computer the digital
}- machine would be impossibly huge.
First, thanks for the info, very interesting...
You talked about flight simulators... I have seen the building
that the flight simulator at Whiteman Air Force base is housed
in - not allowed to go inside. My point it it was a VERY large
building. So I'm assuming the simulator itself and the computers
that run it must take up quite a bit of physical space. So,
could it be what was really meant by "analog computers are
impossible" is that they are too large and difficult and
expensive to be practical? (Except for things like flight
simulators, etc.)
Boanne
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