Present and future uses of hybrid computer techniques in a university department are described. There are two main uses: (1) in the laboratory; (2) in the classroom. (1) When a phenomenon or process is being studied by means of a laboratory model or analog, connected to an electronic computer which performs the real time functions of control, measurement, analysis, and display in such a way that the model, the computer, and the experimenter interact, we see the laboratory as a computer. (2) The real-time feature of a machine of this type is of great value in the lecture theatre. For example, solutions of systems of algebraic and ordinary and partial differential equations can be presented in visual form directly to the class in the course of a lecture. Supplementing this use, the machine can be run on a workshop basis as in an experimental physics laboratory class.
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