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Analog computers aren’t all that unusual. For example, many airplane pilots use a Jepperson Circular computer to calculate headings and other parameters. https
by basementcat 8y ago
Analog computers aren’t all that unusual. For example, many airplane pilots use a Jepperson Circular computer to calculate headings and other parameters.
https://www.amazon.com/Jeppesen-Circular-Computer-diameter-JS514237/dp/B003VSCID0 https://www.amazon.com/Jeppesen-Circular-Computer-diameter-J...
Even Spock used it on the Enterprise.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10901121@N06/1196208122 https://www.flickr.com/photos/10901121@N06/1196208122
- Koshkin 8y agoWell, a slide rule (even a circular one) is not an "analog computer"...
- howard941 8y agoHow about the E6B's wind vector calculating elements? Those pieces are on the reverse side of the slide rule bits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E6B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E6B
- zackbloom 8y agoStill no, an analog computer is an electronic computer which uses varying voltages and currents to calculate results. It's not the same as a manual computer.
- Someone 8y agoAnalog computers need not be electronic. They can be mechanical (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp_I) or hydraulic (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONIAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONIAC), too. (Generic entry point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer)