We used analog-digital hybrid systems to do real-time simulation of fluid
systems well into the 1980's. It was labor intensive but worked really well.
/jnm
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Subject: [OM] [OT] What is a computer?
William Sommerwerck wrote:
>Electronic analog computers were used for many years until digital
computers
>became fast enough to handle integral and differential equations with
>reasonable accuracy. Heath even sold an analog computer kit, ca. 1960.
>
I believe analogue computing was used for some of the aerodynamic simulation
of Concorde.
Chris Barrett
Malvern
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