From our new member Albert
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My first submission is a 1955 advertisement for a "Power Network
Computer", from my (very small)
electrical web page.

This ad is for a specialized analog computer used to solve electrical power network problems. These computers allowed the user to create a "scale model" of a network and directly measure its response to controlled inputs. The results from this simulated network would be scaled up to determine the values expected in the actual system.

The columns of knobs in the vertical part of the console are probably used for setting the
impedances of the simulated buses.

This computer is one of the smaller models I've seen pictured. Some filled an entire room! They were also called "calculating boards".

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