[cctalk] Re: the 1968 how to build a working digital computer

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> 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