begin quoting Gus Wirth as of Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 01:57:20PM -0800: > SJS wrote: > [snip] > >Of course, you could solve mathematical equations directly with an analog > >computer. . . look, ma, no registers! > > Which I have done. It is particularly useful for solving things like > partial differential equations. The other nice thing about analog > computers is how easy they are to program. Just a few dials and patch > cords, set a few initial conditions, then let it run. Of course, it > helps to know advanced calculus and things like Laplace transforms. On > my bookshelf I have "Introduction to Analog Computation" by Joseph J. > Blum, Harcort, Brace & World, Inc. Maybe I should post some problems and > see how people would solve them in the digital realm.
That's exactly what I was thinking of. Thanks. -- A power supply, plugboard, and a resistor rack Brings new meaning to 'dirty programmer hack'. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
