[comp.unix.wizards] Analog computers

roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (07/30/87)

In article <1891@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
> 	operational amplifiers, 10-turn pots, patch cords, and a null meter!
> 
> 	Sorry, but I had to finish this.  Anyone remember ANALOG computers
> (especially those "personal" desktop versions made by EIA)?

	Yes!  And if anybody has one they want to give away, I'd love to
give it a home.  I'd even use it!  No better way to get a feel for control
systems than to twiddle the knobs and watch your system start to oscillate,
blow up, etc.  Gives a new (old?) meaning to patching your program, too.
-- 
Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016