----- Oprindelig meddelelse ----- Fra: "Rod Smallwood" <rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com> > 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 > There is one at the danish Cold War mujseum at Stevnsfortet, believed to be complete. I believe there is one too at Langelandsfort. The one at Stevnsfortet covered the Oresund, preventing eastblock countries to leave the Baltic. For that reason, it was a prime target for nukes. /Nico
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