They were probably Rolms, which were very much based of the Nova architecture (compatible to the Nova 2, maybe?). I do not think Data General actually made any milspec machines.
-- Will On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Dennis Boone <d...@msu.edu> wrote: > > Bringing this topic full circle, does anyone know if any minicomputers > > (DEC PDP-8s or 11s, DG Novæ, HP 21XXs, et cetera) were ever used on > > aircraft? Not transported by one, but I mean setup and used on one. > > A friend of mine worked for DoE in Nevada. They used to fly minis on > helicopters (detectors of some sort). I think he said they were Novas. > > De