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Site outage yesterday
http://hill-kleerup.org/blog/wp/wp-c...d-computer.jpg
Hi guys,
If you stopped by yesterday, you probably noticed that the site was down for most of the day while I was performing some upgrades. That's me in the picture fixing the broken flux capacitor. It took a lot longer than I thought.
The good news is that the site is now up and running and should be faster than ever before. I have plans to update the forum software over the next few months as well. There is a chance that some of the old site features like the casino may not carry over. It doesn't seem like anybody uses them any more anyhow. I appreciate your patience as I try to make this forum a better place to visit.
-Coach
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Thanks for all you do for this site. Its the absolute best.
Having trouble getting on for 1 day is truely a small price to pay.
Thanks again
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Coach
http://hill-kleerup.org/blog/wp/wp-c...d-computer.jpg
Hi guys,
If you stopped by yesterday, you probably noticed that the site was down for most of the day while I was performing some upgrades. That's me in the picture fixing the broken flux capacitor. It took a lot longer than I thought.
The good news is that the site is now up and running and should be faster than ever before. I have plans to update the forum software over the next few months as well. There is a chance that some of the old site features like the casino may not carry over. It doesn't seem like anybody uses them any more anyhow. I appreciate your patience as I try to make this forum a better place to visit.
-Coach
careful what you touch
http://comps.fotosearch.com/bigcomps...2/k9222141.jpg
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Coach
Now that is not to far off the first computer I worked on in the Army in '71, it was made by Ford Motor Company.
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Nice job Coach! I for one would not miss the casino. Hey, anything that makes the site on this interweb thangy better! :D
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An actual picture of Coach...
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Coach
That man is going to an awful lot of trouble to play a game of "Pong". Looks more like a wine cellar than a computer!
Great website, thanks Coach!
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Eydugstr
That man is going to an awful lot of trouble to play a game of "Pong". Looks more like a wine cellar than a computer!
Great website, thanks Coach!
That is a tube computer, I worked on the next generation all discrete components not one IC Chip they were not invented yet, it had rows and rows of 4" x 6" cards and on one of those cards were transistors, resistors, diodes and caps for two "and" of "or" gates. Programs were loaded with a punched card readers.
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N TX Dave
That is a tube computer, I worked on the next generation all discrete components not one IC Chip they were not invented yet, it had rows and rows of 4" x 6" cards and on one of those cards were transistors, resistors, diodes and caps for two "and" of "or" gates. Programs were loaded with a punched card readers.
I was weened on tubes
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US subs used a computer called the TDC (Torpedo Data Computer) in WW2
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...DCfullview.jpg
an early electromechanical analog computer used for torpedo fire-control. Britain, Germany, and Japan also developed automated torpedo fire control equipment, but none were as advanced as the US Navy's TDC, as it was able to automatically track the target rather than simply offering an instantaneous firing solution. This unique capability of the TDC set the standard for submarine torpedo fire control during World War II. I also read there was one used by artillery units to put the round dead on target
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kcvet
US subs used a computer called the TDC (Torpedo Data Computer) in WW2
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...DCfullview.jpg
an early electromechanical analog computer used for torpedo fire-control. Britain, Germany, and Japan also developed automated torpedo fire control equipment, but none were as advanced as the US Navy's TDC, as it was able to automatically track the target rather than simply offering an instantaneous firing solution. This unique capability of the TDC set the standard for submarine torpedo fire control during World War II. I also read there was one used by artillery units to put the round dead on target
They used analog computers on battleships (like the USS Missouri). They tried to upgrade to digital ones (in the 80s I think), but they couldn't get the same accuracy with long distance artillery (20+ miles) as they were able to get with the analog computers. So they stuck with the analog computers from the 40s.
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Well when I first went into the Army I was at a Nike Hercules site which was still using analog computers to guide the missile to the target but I did not really work on them I just operated them. The right hand cabinet was servos that were the actual computer this is one computer to track the intercept point.
http://ed-thelen.org/ifc_comp.jpg
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http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/c64/h/complete.jpg
Never realized how advanced my first computer was till I read this thread.
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I went to the Kennedy space center in Florida a few years ago and took the tour. At the Mercury launch site they had a model of the old flight computer, approx. 3'X2'X1-1/2'. Sitting on top of it was a reference to the size of the computer that replaced it, it was a wrist watch.
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Coach
:lol:
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Coach
Hey! Do you still have that? I need to upgrade my home system. The wife wants the room. :11:
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tornadospotter
Hey! Do you still have that? I need to upgrade my home system. The wife wants the room. :11:
That's gotta be a whole 64K! :lol:
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Chiefster
That's gotta be a whole 64K! :lol:
Well never mind, at that cost, I will just keep mine. :11:
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tornadospotter
Well never mind, at that cost, I will just keep mine. :11:
:lol: Actually, I was talking Kilobytes.
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Chiefster
:lol: Actually, I was talking Kilobytes.
Not one to tell others about there business, but should you be talking about that sort of thing on this intwebbey thing? I think the DEA have the interwebby thing also. I will keep it on the dl. :lol:
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tornadospotter
Not one to tell others about there business, but should you be talking about that sort of thing on this intwebbey thing? I think the DEA have the interwebby thing also. I will keep it on the dl. :lol:
I know, right?
