While the analog computer in question did use ICs for the core op amps, ... After all, we had an analog laptop in 1959. Sort of. Posted in History, Retrocomputing Tagged analog computer, ...

The analog computer of decades-gone-by is something many of us younger engineers never got the chance to experience first hand. It’s pretty much a case of reading about them on these fine pages ...

Today, almost any digital computer, big mainframe to smallest PC, ... Analog computers represented constants and variables with proportional analog voltage levels.

Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem likely we will ever see a commercial general-purpose analog computer again. 2 But special computers could easily be built with modern circuits at reasonable cost.

In 1901 a device called the Antikythera Mechanism was found in a shipwreck, and after extensive study, it was determined that it was an analog computer that was at least 2000 years old. This is a ...

During the 1950s and 1960s, analog computers were initially used for science, mathematics, and engineering. However, instead of having discrete data (such as binary digits), analog computers use ...

The Antikythera Analog Computer Estimated to be at least 2,000 years old and discovered in 1901, this is the largest gear (5.5") in the analog device found in the Antikythera Roman-era shipwreck.

Analog computers now just one step from digital. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 12 / 211209082557.htm. Washington University in St. Louis.

In the mid 1960's, an undergraduate friend invited me along to a lab where he had to run some “programs” on an analog computer. That sounded interesting. He set up his program with resistors and ...