ANTIC Interview 356 - Michael McInerney, physics experiments with Atari computers
Michael McInerney, physics experiments with Atari computers\xa0 \xa0 In the 1980s, Michael McInerney was a professor in the physics department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, when he wrote several journal articles about how to control experiments and gather data using Atari computers.\xa0 \xa0 The articles included Interfacing the Atari Microcomputer in the Science Laboratory, which appeared in the spring 1983 issue of Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching; Game Port Physics - Introductory Experiments in Linear Dynamics, which appeared in the spring 1984 issue; and Computer-Aided Experiments with the Damped Harmonic Oscillator, which appeared in the October 1985 issue of American Journal of Physics. \xa0 This interview took place on May 21, 2018. \xa0 "The reviewers refused to believe I could do it which such cheap equipment. ... They said it wasn't possible to do it." \xa0 Interfacing the Atari Microcomputer in the Science Laboratory \xa0 Game Port Physics - Introductory Experiments in Linear Dynamics \xa0 Computer-Aided Experiments with the Damped Harmonic Oscillator \xa0 McInerney's bio