920M - an European contemprary of the Apollo Guidance Computer

[Curious Marc]

Quite impressive indeed! I did not know of these machines.
Marc

> On May 3, 2021, at 12:02 PM, Adrian Stoness via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> ooo thanks for sharing
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>> On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 1:50 PM Dr. Erik Baigar via cctech <
>> cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>> Some additional remarks: The 920M is par of the 900 Series from
>> Elliott (later Elliott Automation, GEC Marconi Avionics, BAe Systems)
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>> ...maybe interesting to note, that apart from the 18bit 920M and
>> related machines, there is a series of 12 bit ones which have a
>> simmilar (but not identical) instruction set.
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>> ...even one member of the family had 13 bits.
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>> ...these machines where used in applications, where accuracy was
>>    less important (autothrottle compputers, air data systems) and
>>    size/weight/power consumption was paramount.
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>> Sorry, by accident the footer from my work email was with the
>> first posting - all the project is entirely hobby work and not
>> related to the business I am working for...
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>> That is my private signature ;-)
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