Drum vs. Core - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

30 Jun 2007

On 29 Jun, 2007, at 20:37, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:

...
  The TDC is almost as impressive as the Arma Mk 1 fire
control
 computers of the same era, used to calculate the problems of putting a
 16 inch shell on the deck of a ship 20 miles away. PAMPANITO in the
 Bay Area (Fisherman's Wharf) has completely restored working TDC, the
 result of many many hours of work from a dedicated volunteer. It is up
 in the control room, and very hard to see without appointment. 
In 1986 or 87 I walked through her - usual tourist thing. About the  
only thing I still remember was the story of the tons of gold brought  
back in (that?) submarine.