> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rod > Smallwood > Sent: 02 June 2016 18:11 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <[email protected]> > Subject: Mechanalog systems > > Hi All > > I saw a video about the systems used in 1950's and 1960's bombers > for > navigation and bomb aiming. > > I think they could be classed as a computer even lacking a stored program. I > just wondered if anybody had collected or restored such equipment. > > I once heard an old retired SAC US Air force guy describe them as a "box of > cogs". Boy was he right > > Rod Smallwood >
Many are basically "Analog Computers". I was offered one by "Woodchips" on the VCF forums, might be worth asking if he still has it... .. interesting history... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Pollen#Jutland_and_Jellicoe Dave
