XH558 - was Re: using new technology etc

[Dave G4UGM]

I believe that the NERC for whom I used to work had PDP/11's on ships. There is a report here:-

http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/14170/1/14170-01.pdf

about an 11/04 data logging system. I also understand that earlier ships had IBM1130's on board....
... this mentions a portable IBM1130

https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/information_and_inventories/cruise_inventory/report/shackleton3_4_75_data_report.pdf

so perhaps as being the first personal computer it was the first portable as well...

Dave Wade
G4UGM

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> From: "Christian Gauger-Cosgrove" <captainkirk359 at gmail.com>
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> Is the Lancaster at Duxford the other flightworthy one? I can't recall.
> <<<<
> No
> 
> >>>>
> Bringing this topic full circle, does anyone know if any minicomputers (DEC
> PDP-8s or 11s, DG Novæ, HP 21XXs, et cetera) were ever used on aircraft?
> Not transported by one, but I mean setup and used on one.
> <<<<
> 
> Not finding it easy to get a definitive answer but
> 
> It's a fair bet that some military computers using the PDP/11 architecture
> were used … probably on AEW, AWACS, and maritime patrol planes.
> Brits will, of course, have used UK computers such as versions of the
> GEC2050 or GEC4080 or possibly versions of the Ferranti Argus range (though
> those may have been too heavy for airborne use as they were designed for
> shipboard use)