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You might like this video about the US Navy fire control computer. Mechanical yet also programmable. Eg with cam-based calculation modules like 1/x or different
by jeffwass 8y ago
You might like this video about the US Navy fire control computer. Mechanical yet also programmable. Eg with cam-based calculation modules like 1/x or differential gearings to perform addition :
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gwf5mAlI7Ug https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gwf5mAlI7Ug
- bacon_waffle 8y agoThanks for the link! I had meant to look these up after watching videos of some Hamming lectures (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30) where he mentions using "gun directors" for various problems.