How many states are you talking about? An EM contact has only two states. That makes it digital.
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Quoted from frenchmarky:Even though electronic calculators are digital, they are usually considered to be a computer only if they are programmable. So yes I'd say an EM pinball is an analog non-programmable calculator... or an electromechanical adding machine
https://byjus.com/physics/difference-between-analog-and-digital/
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