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The machines I most admire are mechanical computers like the ones used in WWII era battle ships for targeting their long guns. Those machines performed differen
by mtreis86 7y ago
The machines I most admire are mechanical computers like the ones used in WWII era battle ships for targeting their long guns. Those machines performed differentiation and curve matching using cams and gears.
- rootbear 7y agoThere is a fascinating series of videos on YouTube that describe the US Navy analog fire control computers. I had no idea such things existed until I came across those videos.
- bloopernova 7y agoA friend's father back in the early 90s was convinced that analogue computers were going to come back and kick the asses of these newfangled digital pretenders :) He was a little strange, but I loved seeing his workshop and attempts at building such computers. It's a pity I'm not in touch any more, I would like to learn a bit more about what he was actually doing and if it was effective at all.