Mechanalog systems

[Dave Wade]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rod
> Smallwood
> Sent: 02 June 2016 18:11
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Mechanalog systems
> 
> Hi All
> 
>             I saw a video about the systems used in 1950's and 1960's bombers for
> navigation and  bomb aiming.
> 
> I think they could be classed as a computer even lacking a stored program. I
> just wondered if anybody had collected or restored such equipment.
> 
> I once heard an old retired SAC US Air force guy describe them as a "box of
> cogs". Boy was he right
> 
> Rod Smallwood
> 

Many are basically "Analog Computers". I was offered one by "Woodchips" on the VCF forums, might be worth asking if he still has it...
.. interesting history...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Pollen#Jutland_and_Jellicoe


Dave