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08/28/2005 Entry: "Analog Computers"

"Digital Computer" . . . can there be any other type of computer? Yes! Analog computers have been around in one form or another for hundreds of years. Arguably the old slide rule was an analog computer of sorts. How about analog electronic computers? Yes such things existed! In truth most complex electronic devices in our homes have analog electronic computers in them, but they are usually just called "op amps" by engineers. I stumbled across a website with some potentional: Doug Coward's Analog Computer Museum. Interesting stuff, and still useful for some things.

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