[AT] Names that have become generic

charlie hill chill8 at cox.net
Fri Apr 2 06:40:00 PST 2004


I have a base 10 digital computer that doubles as a keyboard input device.
LOL

Charlie
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> Nope. An abacus is a digital computer. It operates with the digits!
>
> Phil :o)
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> >
> > Dean VP wrote:
> >>
> >> 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!
> >
> > An abacus?
> >
> > Landen Schooler
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