8 Mar
2013
8 Mar
'13
8:45 p.m.
On 2013 Mar 8, at 3:53 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
..
Making one scale out of a transparent material opens up lots of
possibilities.
Or, the scale could be mechanically linked to a potentiometer,
followed by either A/D or analog computation.
There was this from the 60s, basically an 'electric slide rule':
http://www.futurebots.com/cpu.htm
look for:
"Analog Computer Science Fair Computer Kit 1960's, I got one, WOW."
I like how the box says "As accurate as a slide-rule".
Presumably it uses standard log pots, aka volume controls.
Somebody describes it here:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofdigicomp/message/141
Whoever comes up with the stupidest idea should patent
it,
since that's here the money will probably be.