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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Analog computers
Message-ID: <2827@phri.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-Jul-87 21:51:46 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 29 21:51:46 1987
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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