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Offtopic: The second of the three pictures at the bottom of the post, the one with the big yellow circle monitor looking thing, is a radar monitoring station. I
by abtinf 9y ago
Offtopic: The second of the three pictures at the bottom of the post, the one with the big yellow circle monitor looking thing, is a radar monitoring station. It was meant for long shifts, requiring dedicated attention from a soldier. In support of that purpose, it has a built in cigarette lighter and ash tray.
The picture is from the Computer History Museum. Well worth a visit.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SAGE_Weapons_Director_Console_at_the_Computer_History_Museum.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SAGE_Weapons_Directo...
- t0mek 9y agoOther quite interesting item in this museum is a former ballistic missile [1] that after its retirement started an academia career as an university, general-purpose computer [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman [2] https://www.flickr.com/photos/108786967@N03/29376655486 https://www.flickr.com/photos/108786967@N03/29376655486