Spacewar! (was Re: Laser display...)

[Jules Richardson]

On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 12:49 -0700, woodelf wrote:
> Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> 
> >This is totally questionable.  While the design may operate like a digital
> >computer, it uses entirely analog techniques to produce the digital
> >results.  Everything the box does is a result of analog circuitry.
> >  
> >
> Well so do transistors and most tubes and even IC's. I think relays are 
> the only real
> DIGITAL parts out there. :)

Presumably relays are prone to contact bounce as much as switches
though, thereby introducing an analogue component into things :)