donner analog computer - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

19 Aug 2003

Ed sharpe wrote:
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  Please see the Donner analog computer at:
 http://www.smecc.org/analog_computers.htm
 we would like to get enough stuff and some docs  to get it  operational. 
 I have the "Instruction Manual" that includes operation, servicing,
part lists, and schematics.

Vintage Computer Festival  wrote:
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 Ed, what model number is this? 
The top three panels make up a rack mounted model 3500.
I can't see enough detail of the bottom two panels to tell
for sure, probably some kind of accessories.

Ed sharpe wrote:
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 it  says donner 3500 as I remember.  so it is earlier
than a 
sysdon donner, although I remember the  instruction manual 
( lost probably 20 years ago during a computer exchange inc.
warehouse clean out party)  said sysdon donner.... 
The manuals says manufactured by Donner Scientific Company
a division of Systron-Donner Corporation.

...
 what would you folks date it at? 
The manual is dated January 1960

...
 I remember there was also a bag of little rectangular
boxes with
jack tips on them that help components also. ( again missing) 
I would bet good money that the banana jacks on the patch 
panel are exactly 3/4" apart. In that case you can use a double
banana plug as a component holder.

...
 in the library here we do have a copy of the korn and
korn 
book on analog computers. 
Just about a month ago I got an email from Granino Korn
saying how much he like my little museum.
  --Doug
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Doug Coward                
@ home in Poulsbo, WA

Analog Computer Online Museum and History Center
http://dcoward.best.vwh.net/analog
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