31 Jul
2015
31 Jul
'15
10:48 a.m.
I recently visited the Minuteman II launch control facility in South
Dakota, and was curious about the computers used there.
Here's a photo of the rack, with the Boeing part numbers visible:
http://i.imgur.com/KTaW3Il.jpg
Some Googling of those numbers didn't really reveal much. People love to
talk about the guidance computer in the missile itself, but I can't find
much about what they used when turning the keys.
I like the little placard on the computer about encrypted data in memory.
The whole place is worth a visit if you're out that way.
Does anyone have more information on these? Thanks!
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Ben Sinclair
ben at bensinclair.com
