<![CDATA[Alfred's Serif Users' Forums — Analogue computers making a comeback!]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?id=46 Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:43:18 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Analogue computers making a comeback!]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=857#p857 Thanks for the links, gentlemen.

]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:43:18 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=857#p857 <![CDATA[Re: Analogue computers making a comeback!]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=852#p852 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVsUOuSjvcg

William

]]> Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:12:49 +0000 https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=852#p852 <![CDATA[Analogue computers making a comeback!]]> https://punster.me/serif/viewtopic.php?pid=541#p541 The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of
This video is a fascinating insight into the comparison between analogue and digital computers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgF3OX8 … mp;index=2
mentions analogue machines including the Differential Analyser  and the Norden bombsight, and digital machines, Eniac and Colossus amongst others.

The trend is back to analogue computers for some applications, now that transistors in chips are getting to atom sizes, and digital circuit complexity will have to stop increasing exponentially.

The Ankathera mechanism is mentioned at the start, but that is only a moment's into.

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