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> presumably using pushrods It was probably using stepper motors, with the pulse train being generated by a microcontroller.
by mitthrowaway2 2y ago
> presumably using pushrods
It was probably using stepper motors, with the pulse train being generated by a microcontroller.
- amenhotep 2y agoNo, there genuinely used to be purely mechanical mirror controls. You'd twiddle the little joystick and it would more or less adjust the mirror, in a way that at least in my experience was slightly imprecise and rubbish, but definitely didn't demand any electronics.