Whats you oldest computer

From: Peter C. Wallace <pcw_at_mesanet.com>
Date: Wed Aug 8 13:07:53 2001

On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Eric Dittman 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.

if its a D17B it has 5454 24 bit words on its disk. (24 bit instruction
word)

>
> 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
>

Peter Wallace
Received on Wed Aug 08 2001 - 13:07:53 BST

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