Re: 920M - and also the Argus 200 / 700

2021-05-13 Thread Alexander Schreiber via cctalk
On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 10:01:22AM +0200, jos via cctalk wrote: > Yep, Europe was also active at the time. > > in the UK around 1960 the Argus 200 was developed to control the Bristol > Bloodhound anti-aircraft rocket. This computer was one of the very first > transistor-based control

Re: 920M - and also the Argus 200 / 700

2021-05-04 Thread erik--- via cctalk
Hi Jos! > in the UK around 1960 the Argus 200 was developed to control the Bristol > Bloodhound anti-aircraft rocket. This computer was one of the very first > transistor-based control computers. Absolutely - in these days Ferranti and Elliott where competitors on the European market for

Re: 920M - and also the Argus 200 / 700

2021-05-04 Thread jos via cctalk
Yep, Europe was also active at the time. in the UK around 1960 the Argus 200 was developed to control the Bristol Bloodhound anti-aircraft rocket. This computer was one of the very first transistor-based control computers. In Switzerland the Bloodhound was on duty  until 1999 ! One of the