Credits: Thanks to https://twitter.com/UsagiElectric...

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

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Ken Shirriff replied to Ken

My previous thread on this mysterious aerospace computer.:
https://twitter.com/kenshirriff/status/1784696782620111166 17/17

29 May at 14:20 | Open on oldbytes.space

blterrible replied to Ken

@kenshirriff This us right up Curious Marc's alley (as you know)

https://www.youtube.com/@CuriousMarc/featured

29 May at 19:04 | Open on mastodon.online

Ken Shirriff replied to blterrible

@blterrible yes, I'm working on this system with CuriousMarc and TubeTime

29 May at 23:13 | Open on oldbytes.space

Keith Mann replied to Ken

@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.

30 May at 2:25 | Open on mastodon.online

@kenshirriff Usagi, please come to the fediverse!

29 May at 16:21 | Open on chaos.social

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