6 Oct
2011
6 Oct
'11
12:27 a.m.
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Brent Hilpert <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
Forwarding this to the list in case anyone can help
out.
I presume the fellow found me through my web page about an analog computer,
and/or my page about a Systron Donner counter. I don't have any Systron
Donner analog computers however.
This would, of course, be (the son of) Higinbotham of tennis-for-two fame.
Begin forwarded message:
I just did a search in my pile and I have one
http://www.collection.archivist.info/searchv13.php?searchstr=systron+donner
for the Systron Donner Analog computer 10/20
I have a small scanning queue at the moment
Dave Caroline
From: William Higinbotham <higinbotham at
hotmail.com>
Date: 2011 October 4 5:36:08 PM PDT
To: <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca>
Subject: Donner Analog Schematics
Dear Brent Hilbert,
? ? ? ? ? (^Hilpert)
?? My name Is William B. Higinbotham, I am the son of William A.
Higinbotham
who worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory most of his life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Higinbotham
?? I am writing you because the museums in the US and a local laboratory
is looking for schematics for (Systron/)Donner analog computers. Here is an
ad for the Donner 3400
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/129/3349/671.full.pdf
which Peter Takacs, takacs at bnl.gov has to rebuild the early game computer.
http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/higinbotham4.asp
Here is the Donner Programming Book
http://www.analogmuseum.org/library/handbook_of_analog_computation.pdf
If you know of any forums to ask if anyone has schematics for these analog
computers, we all would be grateful.
Sincerely
William B. Higinbotham, Bellport, NY? USA