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To: Paladin2

I once toured a battleship and the analog computers (gears) were unbelievable. When the USS Pennsylvania was rebuilt in the’80s, they left the gear computers alone. Could not be improved upon at that time.


5 posted on 05/02/2009 6:39:20 PM PDT by american_ranger (Never ever use DirecTV)
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To: american_ranger

Thats pretty good because the USS Pennsylvania has been underwater since 1948!


11 posted on 05/02/2009 6:48:37 PM PDT by omega4179 (Boycott government communist tractor factories!)
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To: american_ranger

Something like this:


32 posted on 05/02/2009 7:44:01 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: american_ranger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_I_Fire_Control_Computer


33 posted on 05/02/2009 7:44:18 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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