In the recent Undecided with Matt Ferrell video Why the Future of AI & Computers Will Be Analog after about 05:44, the Original Star Trek TV show's Mr. Spock is shown holding a analog flight computer. I don't know the episode, but by the looks of the open electronics racks in the background on the left, this seems to be an emergency situation and the device is a backup measure.
Asked separately in SciFi SE: In what TOS episode did Spock use a prop known as an analog flight computer, and why did he need to turn to a "handheld device" in this case?
Is it possible from the screen capture here, or from other sources, to determine which model of flight computer was used to film this scene?
Note that Star Trek the Original Series or "TOS" was filmed between about 1966 and 1969.
In general, it was never that analog computing didn’t do its job — quite the opposite. Pilots still use flight computers, a form of slide rule, to perform calculations by hand, no juice necessary.
