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| From | Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Analog computers |
| Date | 2020-09-12 10:39 +0000 |
| Organization | Department of Redundancy Department |
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On 2020-09-12, J Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> According to wiki Lord Kelvin and his brother James Thompson published
> a description of a device that is identifiably a differential analyzer
> in 1876. Machines derived from this work were, as you said, used as
> tide predictors but also were the first computers used to direct naval
> gunfire, and were in use for that purpose in 1916.
Where do submarine torpedo data computers fit into this? They were
widely used in WWII, at the very least.
Niklas
--
} >A manual has, at least, some basis in fact,
} Erm, excuse me?
Usually, the name of the program matches the manual's title page.
-- DPM, Patrick R. Wade and Rik Steenwinkel in asr
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Re: As We May Think--early computer article 1945 Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-11 15:28 -0700
Re: As We May Think--early computer article 1945 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-11 20:52 -0400
Re: As We May Think--early computer article 1945 Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-12 09:25 +0000
Analog computers Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-12 10:39 +0000
Re: Analog computers J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-12 10:02 -0400
Re: As We May Think--early computer article 1945 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2020-09-18 12:24 -0700
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