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Does an abacus count? (heh) Oh, also: old timey cash registers, though they're _rare_.
by kadoban 5y ago
Does an abacus count? (heh)
Oh, also: old timey cash registers, though they're _rare_.
- PeterisP 5y agoI'd consider both abacus and a mechanical cash register (or even mechanical arithmometer) as digital/discrete devices, not analog; analog calculation would refer to slide rules, nomograms and the like (of which I'm sure there would be more than the slide rules and nomograms, but nothing comes to mind..).
- kadoban 5y agoYeah, on thinking about it, seems like you're right. Too bad, I can no longer think of any then. I think ballistic computers were at one point analog, but those should all be obsoleted now.