On 01/17/2020 06:04 AM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
Someone wanted those coax signals to all be very precise
and coincident. Now where... Oh yes, 'physics packages.'
My guess - nothing to do with computers, but rather an
implosion detonator for a nuke.
No, they used equal length coax cables distributing a pulse
from a super-low inductance capacitor and a spark gap in the
first nuclear weapons, then moved to "Krytrons" which were
gas discharge tubes. No semiconductors at all in the early ones.
But, yes, it could be some sort of clock distribution system
to make multiple, precisely coincident pulses.
Jon
