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Electronic analog computers
You might be surprised to learn that electronic analog computers are still being made. Afaik, the only company is Comdyna, <http://www.comdyna.com>. I'm not advertising them, but I do think Ray deserves credit. I do hope his knowledge of how to build good ones is being preserved for posterity...- nicabod
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Binary mechanical devices
One class of mechanical devices not widely recognized is mechanical, but their essential operation is binary. It might be fun to discuss such mechanisms. === The teleprinters (Teletype [tm] in the USA, also Kleinschmidt, Creed in the U.K. (others?)) were, of course, partly binary. Keystrokes...- nicabod
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