New subject: Donner Analog Schematics

5 Oct 2011

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:

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  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 

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