> On Jul 22, 2024, at 10:30 PM, dwight via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > At the last vcf here in California a fellow, I forget the name, brought in > two tables that connected together, could generate a damped sine wave. It > used mostly Manco erector like parts. It had some really great 0 backlash > torque multipliers. They had to be finely tuned so as to have almost 0 load > on the integrating disk. > WW2 fire control computers were used on US battle ships. They had to > compensate for things like coriolis effects, mass, distance and charge. > Dwight There are Navy training films online (on YouTube, I think) describing in some detail how those machines worked. paul
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