The Lockheed hybrid system: a giant step

Gazing into our crystal ball we see you seated at the analog computer preparing for a scheduled hybrid run. You alert the digital computer through your remote display. The digital computer recovers from its permanent files the data and source files associated with your run. These files include a description of your problem in equation format, a description of your problem in block diagram format as mechanized on the analog computer, the source hybrid problem, and data decks. After logging on the system, a complete set of hybrid software is available to you. You may run your program all digital using the equation input and the analog mechanization input to verify proper analog implementation of your equations. Using the outputs of the digital simulation ranges of variables may be determined for automatic scaling. The digitally simulated analog mechanization can be used for a patchboard and equipment verification of the actual analog connectives. Static checks may also be generated. Using the outputs of your digital simulation, you can test the various transfer blocks synthesized on the analog computer in a dynamic mode.