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Yep, same for the F-14... "...Then there was the computing power on the aircraft—or lack thereof. It was a Commodore 64 with wings on it ...For example: the mi
by stuff4ben 6y ago
Yep, same for the F-14...
"...Then there was the computing power on the aircraft—or lack thereof. It was a Commodore 64 with wings on it ...For example: the mission computer loaded off of magnetic tape.
That magnetic-tape computer had so little memory that its crew had to switch programs depending on what the jet was doing at the moment—the RIO would hit a switch to bring up the bombing program, and then after the bomb-dropping ended, they’d reload the air-to-air program"
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/navy-deathmatch-f-14-tomcat-vs-fa-18-super-hornet-who-wins-74651 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/navy-deathmatch-f-14-...
- temac 6y agoThe F14 actually had a neat processor, with an architecture which remained classified for a long time (arguably far too long at the end, but it was plainly justified at the beginning) It was very old so, yes, I'm sure it had plenty of limitation though.