On 1999-06-02 Boanne said:
>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.)
Not really.
The comment is simply incorrect.
I don't suppose there are many (any?) analogue computers in serious
use nowadays; they will all have been replaced by digital ones.
Granted, they used to take up a *lot* more room than a modern digital
machine, but even then, only a small/medium sized room. If the Whiteman
AFB has a *large* buliding to house their simulators it's not because
the computers are so big. :)
Mike
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