on 6/14/02 8:23 AM, Paul Laughlin at pelaughlin@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> And by Convair for the B-58. It filled up a large room and took almost 3
> years to program. The Bombing/Navigation computers on the B-36, early B-52,
> early B-47 and the B-58 were analogue.
> Paul in Portland OR
Now there's more computer power in a Palm Pilot than these airplanes...
don't stop to think about that, it will scare you. I suspect there are
auto-everything wunderbrick cameras with more computer power than these
early machines... I was reading about the 'special functions' and 'program
cards' for the high-end Minoltas... too complex!
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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