Re: 920M - an European contemprary of the Apollo Guidance Computer

2021-05-03 Thread Dr. Erik Baigar via cctalk
Hi Marc, Quite impressive indeed! I did not know of these machines. Thanks for your feedback - yes, although more than 700 made, they are quite rare. Took almost 10 years to get hands on one of the 920Ms which where also ahead of time in 1966... Erik. ''~`

Re: 920M - an European contemprary of the Apollo Guidance Computer

2021-05-03 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Quite impressive indeed! I did not know of these machines. Marc > On May 3, 2021, at 12:02 PM, Adrian Stoness via cctech > wrote: > > ooo thanks for sharing > >> On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 1:50 PM Dr. Erik Baigar via cctech < >> cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> >> Some additional remarks: Th

Re: 920M - an European contemprary of the Apollo Guidance Computer

2021-05-03 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
ooo thanks for sharing On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 1:50 PM Dr. Erik Baigar via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Some additional remarks: The 920M is par of the 900 Series from > Elliott (later Elliott Automation, GEC Marconi Avionics, BAe Systems) > > ...maybe interesting to note, that apart

Re: 920M - an European contemprary of the Apollo Guidance Computer

2021-05-03 Thread Dr. Erik Baigar via cctalk
Some additional remarks: The 920M is par of the 900 Series from Elliott (later Elliott Automation, GEC Marconi Avionics, BAe Systems) ...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) ins