If you recognize my mysterious aerospace computer, let me know.
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If you recognize my mysterious aerospace computer, let me know. 7 comments
My previous thread on this mysterious aerospace computer.: @blterrible yes, I'm working on this system with CuriousMarc and TubeTime @kenshirriff That beauty is used to perform the precise calculations needed to avoid flying right through a star or bouncing too close to a supernova. @kenshirriff This looks so much like a CRM-114 from Doctor Strangelove... but it seems to me like either communications security, or guidance. Maybe, and I'm guessing: T/A = target approach, T/G = terminal guidance? It seems like a thing that might have been classified, but low-risk at this point. Good luck with your research! |
Credits: Thanks to https://twitter.com/UsagiElectric for providing the computer. Patent diagram from https://patents.google.com/patent/US3201785A. AN/AYK-14 photo from a 1983 CDC brochure via https://twitter.com/bitsavers: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/cdc/military/an_ayk-14/AN_AYK-14_Brochure_Mar83.pdf Schematic from the datasheet: https://archive.org/details/TNM_Various_circuits_-_Signetics_Corp_1966_20171106_0030/mode/1up 16/17