Re:Konrad Zuse (1994)
by 082349872349872 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:37PM
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See Abbildung 10 (p16) for an amazingly analog way to calculate f(y(t))
> Some have harsh words for this man of renown / But some think our attitude / Should be one of gratitude —TAL
I guess base-10 is still "digital", in that it works with digits.
Re:Konrad Zuse (1994)
by jazzyjackson on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @08:48PM
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remember bits are binary digits
I guess a decimal digit would be a dit
digital is simply discrete, as opposed to analog / continuous
digit
late Middle English: from Latin digitus ‘finger, toe’; digit (sense 1) arose from the practice of counting on the fingers.
this is the most astonishing thing I have read in a long time and I am CS not electrical engineering, so I have no idea what these drawings mean. I speak german, but I hope something works to translate this easily, as it is absolutely crazy. I did not know something like this was possible back then.
It is astonishing how advanced the world was back then...if it wasn't for this use though
Re:Konrad Zuse (1994)
by donkeybeer on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @01:03AM
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I would say understanding of the paper depends more on having an electrical engineering degree than a CS degree. The diagrams look to be electrical circuits and signal diagrams (I am not sure what is the correct term but for example 'Abb. 10a' in the article) mostly.
Check out the Analog Museum https://www.analogmuseum.org/
In particular this (German) presentation: https://www.analogmuseum.org/library/hamburg_hoelzer.pdf
A bit biased, as opposed to a smidgen? :P
That seems a bit biased toward discrete systems. Engineers and scientists of the time used mechanical and (later) electric analog computers, and they were more powerful than the new discrete systems, for most purposes. For example: Helmut Hoelzer’s Fully Electronic Analog Computer used in the German V2 (A4) rockets https://www.cdvandt.org/Hoelzer%20V4.pdf (text in German, but has some pictures and diagrams)