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Originally Posted by harborman
Not as used in operating most complicated arithmetic decisions as your PC is. Yes you can call a slide rule an analog computer but it isn't going to operate your fuel system in real time unless you have a fast hand and quick foot and able to read gauges at nano second speeds to control O2 and fuel ratios! Not a computer as people consider them today! PS. I have one (slide rule) if you need it, sell cheap! Hand operated computer I guess!
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Think we're telling our age when talking about slide rules.
I believe the first O2 processors (is that better?) were transistor based and just converted the input voltage to an output on/off voltage frequency. The idle position and WOT switches just turned the processor on and off.