8 Nov
2000
8 Nov
'00
4:08 a.m.
Would anyone know where an intact F14A might be
located that would be
accessible by the public? The computer that controlled it contains a
pre-Intel microprocessor (lacking an on-chip program counter :)
The Tillamook Naval Air Station Museum in Tillamook, OR has one. I don't
know if they'd let you go poking about in the avionics bays though.
I would love to get my hands on one (the computer), or
at least see it in
its native environment.
The F-15C (and possibly the E) has an ECM computer installed that uses the
Motorola 6800 as the CPU. What sucks is that there is a far more powerful
and sophisticated unit available, but no one wants to pony up the money
for the required test and evaluation programs.
g.