I believe that the NERC for whom I used to work had PDP/11's on ships. There is a report here:-
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/14170/1/14170-01.pdf about an 11/04 data logging system. I also understand that earlier ships had IBM1130's on board.... ... this mentions a portable IBM1130 https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/information_and_inventories/cruise_inventory/report/shackleton3_4_75_data_report.pdf so perhaps as being the first personal computer it was the first portable as well... Dave Wade G4UGM > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ANDY > HOLT > Sent: 19 June 2015 20:12 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: XH558 - was Re: using new technology etc > > >>>> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christian Gauger-Cosgrove" <[email protected]> > > Is the Lancaster at Duxford the other flightworthy one? I can't recall. > <<<< > No > > >>>> > Bringing this topic full circle, does anyone know if any minicomputers (DEC > PDP-8s or 11s, DG Novæ, HP 21XXs, et cetera) were ever used on aircraft? > Not transported by one, but I mean setup and used on one. > <<<< > > Not finding it easy to get a definitive answer but > > It's a fair bet that some military computers using the PDP/11 architecture > were used … probably on AEW, AWACS, and maritime patrol planes. > Brits will, of course, have used UK computers such as versions of the > GEC2050 or GEC4080 or possibly versions of the Ferranti Argus range (though > those may have been too heavy for airborne use as they were designed for > shipboard use)
