5 Oct
2011
5 Oct
'11
10:46 p.m.
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:
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