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The flight computer ("Central Air Data Computer") was interesting design and rather advanced for its time. https://www.wired.com/story/secret-history-of-the-fi
by tibbydudeza 4y ago
The flight computer ("Central Air Data Computer") was interesting design and rather advanced for its time.
https://www.wired.com/story/secret-history-of-the-first-microprocessor-f-14/ https://www.wired.com/story/secret-history-of-the-first-micr...
- ddalex 4y agoHaving read the original article , I disagree that this is a microprocessor - https://web.archive.org/web/20190523172420/http://firstmicroprocessor.com/documents/ap1-26-97.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20190523172420/http://firstmicro... I feel this is in line with other computers of that time, and uses rather clever parallel design to improve the performance of the specific functions required - but it is not general purpose by any means.