Whats you oldest computer

From: Jim Tuck <technos_at_nerdland.org>
Date: Wed Aug 8 01:11:50 2001

On Wednesday, August 08, 2001 1:25 AM, Eric Dittman
[SMTP:dittman_at_dittman.net] wrote:
> > My oldest is a Minuteman missile guidance computer from 1961. Rumor
> > has it there is 10k of 12 bit words of storage available on the
> > fixed
> > head hard disk. Next oldest is a Imlac PDS-1, circa 1970. After
> > that,
> > a Scelbi 8H, 1974.
>
> I'd be interested in pictures of the Minuteman missile guidance
> computer, esp. ones of a hard drive that can take that kind of
> stress.
> --
> Eric Dittman
> dittman_at_dittman.net

So would I.. My great-uncle holds a patent on the gyro system used in
them.

On second thought, no. He'll launch into his usual tirade about how GD
screwed
him on his later patent on night vision systems..

Jim
Received on Wed Aug 08 2001 - 01:11:50 BST