[AT] Names that have become generic

[pga2 at hot1.net]

Dean,
I spent a couple of years working on the APQ-126 radar system that was/is
used in the A7 Corsair aircraft used by our Navy. It utilized an analog
computer for a couple of different types of boming navigation, toss
bombing and dive bombing. A real anacronism today. Everything seems to be
done digitally.

Phil

> Dudley:
>
> I spent a part of my career designing analog computers because they
> could solve certain problems faster than the digital computers then
> available. But it didn't take long for me to convert from analog
> computers to digital computers. Some parts of our lexicon just have to
> be left behind.  :-)
>
> I doubt anyone would even know what an analog computer is today! I still
> like analog watches and speedometers. The world is really analog.
>
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem