An analog computer is not fundamentally "more accurate" than a digital computer, at all, in any sense. They had nice advantages for the specialized uses to which they were put, but that is not one ...

Before the era of digital electronic computers, mechanical analog computers were found everywhere. From the relative simplicity of bomb sights to the complexity of fire control computers on 1940s b… ...

Mechanical computers may not oversee today’s automated tasks, but it’s still possible to build your own using literal ...

Just looking at the mechanical linkage to the tank’s systems is impressive. But inside, it is clear this is a genuinely analog computer. The thing is built — quite literally — like a tank.

So my buddy analog guru Eric Schlaepfer found a neat series of US Navy videos about their fire-control computers used before tubes and op-amps did the calculations. Mechanical engineers are sure to ...

Originally they were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers.In this era mechanical analog computers were used for military applications.

Analog computers represented constants and variables with proportional analog voltage levels. These were then processed by various electronic circuits that performed the mathematical operations in ...

In the mid 1960's, an undergraduate friend invited me along to a lab where he had to run some “programs” on an analog computer. That sounded interesting. He set up his program with resistors and ...

The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient mechanical analog computer (as opposed to digital computer) designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was discovered in the Antikythera wreck off the ...

With the Navy's analog computer I guess once all the many variables were entered the actual computation consisted of turning a crank, and voila, the answer. Computers are much faster now.