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Ken Shirriff

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Computer history. Reverse-engineering old chips. Restored Apollo Guidance Computer, Alto. Ex-Google, Sun, Msft. So-called boffin.

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10 months ago

The Bendix Central Air Data Computer is a gear-based analog computer used in 1950s fighter planes. We powered up part of it but nothing happened. So I reverse-engineered the circuitry and we're debugging it.

The Bendix Central Air Data Computer is a gear-based analog computer used in 1950s fighter planes. We powered up part of it but nothing happened. So I reverse-engineered the circuitry and we're debugging it.
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