On 5/25/11 1:50 AM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
Ran across this while searching for some tek stuff.
Fellow has the
boards from the first version of the Minuteman guidance computer
(Autonetics D17B, late 50s, discrete transistor) laid out as wall art in
his living room.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ODi7qSpYg
Um. Whoa. The fellow in question is none other than Jim Williams,
perhaps one of the most legendary analog electronics guys ever. I'm
kinda surprised he'd turn that into wall art, but I'm quite certain
that, other than that, those boards have a good home.
Thread re-convergence: He uses a Tektronix 547 on his bench at Linear
Technology.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL