Bendix Guidance Computer

Hi everybody! Firstly, if anybody tried contacting me in the last month, please forgive me for being absent. I'm still catching up on my e-mail backlog since I had a math exam on 10th of October that was quite important to prepare for. Next, we've received quite an interesting donation at the University Museum yesterday: what looks like an electromechanical guidance system for a missile. A few photos are on http://www.iser.uni-erlangen.de/anzeigen.php?inventarnummer=I1062 (click on small one for bigger version, click "Weitere Infos" (further information) for two pictures of the innards (front and back)). I'm asking here because we'd like to acquire some background information on this unit, what type of missile it came from and so on. According to its former owner, it was purchased from a scrapper in the mid-70s. A small metal nameplate above the connectors reads: | U.S. | Guidance Computer | G&C | | PART NO.10586600-39 |MOD NO.4 | | SER NO. 614 |WT. 55.75 | | MFD BY THE BENDIX CORP E-P DIV | | CONTR.NO.DA-01-021-AMC-11344 Z | | ARMY MISSILE COMMAND | Below that is a sticker reading "SA PROGRAM" with four boxes, the first one stamped "T2". The small dial between the connectors (two of which are covered with adhesive tape) is an hours run meter with two hands, indicating a run time of 157 hours. Next to that is a sticker with "Pueblo Army Depot" and a large "R" in a box. There is also a material tag of the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) stuck onto one lid. On the inside, there are eight (!!) subassemblies of mechanical calculating gear, as follows: CR/SA DISPLACEMENT MODULE, 2x CR/SA VELOCITY MODULE, 2x PROGRAM GEN. MODULE SR VELOCITY MODULE SR INTEGRATOR MODULE SR DIPLACEMENT MODULE. The last three are linked via gear trains, the first five only have electric I/O. There are lots of Autosyn Transmitters, precision potentiometers, switches, small relays and motors on those! As far as electronics go, we have: SERVO AMPLIFIER MODULE 5x INT MOD & PREAMP MODULE 2x CUTOFF NULL DET. MODULE ROLL ARMING MODULE ELECTRICAL MODULE VOLTAGE MONITORING MODULE. There was no documentation whatsoever with it, so if it is declassified by now (I hope so), any information (or pointer to) is welcome. Yours sincerely, -- Arno Kletzander Stud. Hilfskraft Informatik Sammlung Erlangen www.iser.uni-erlangen.de Lust, ein paar Euro nebenbei zu verdienen? Ohne Kosten, ohne Risiko! Satte Provisionen f?r GMX Partner: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/partner