On 12/04/2014 07:29 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 12/04/2014 09:55 AM, dave wrote: >> IIRC one of the US ICBM's had something like a 250 Kb hard disk, >> head/track; all in a rather sturdy >> case about 5" in dia. But that was a few years ago to I can't attest to >> the accuracy of my memory. >> > Yes, that would be the Minuteman computer, the Autonetics > D17. Of course, these > were SERIOUSLY gold-plated ultra-ultra-high reliability > systems meant to properly > deliver a nuclear warhead, despite the enemy's best efforts > to knock it down. > And, they were expected to sit idling in a silo for years, > waiting for the command that > everybody hoped never would be sent. This computer did not > have any other > memory, other than a few registers. > > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-17B for a bit more info > and a picture. > > Jon
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