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ERLover wrote:John, the nice has to go to Skip. I just had to install it.
On a few post back, about them getting the speeds right, with a SC, I am sure it was done on a slide rule. No computer model/program.
That guy sure knew how to build quality, I hope in his after life he has the opportunity/way of seeing what he built that lasted decades. I wont be around most likely in a century after the first E went out, born in 52, maybe, but I bet SS does a big thing about it if still around and I would love to see the pics of ones that post theirs still in operation/restored.

jsburger wrote:

ERLover wrote:John, the nice has to go to Skip. I just had to install it.
On a few post back, about them getting the speeds right, with a SC, I am sure it was done on a slide rule. No computer model/program.
That guy sure knew how to build quality, I hope in his after life he has the opportunity/way of seeing what he built that lasted decades. I wont be around most likely in a century after the first E went out, born in 52, maybe, but I bet SS does a big thing about it if still around and I would love to see the pics of ones that post theirs still in operation/restored.

We built the fastest (to this day) airplane in the world with a slide rule. The Lockheed (Skunk Works) SR-71.

When I was still working for the AF we had the Sundstrand (aircraft generators) engineer on base. I worked with him all the time. He was a few years younger than me. We had a conversation one day about I know not what. However, It prompted me to bring in my college 60's slide rule. He said he had not seen one in years. The young college graduate engineer in the office had never seen one although he knew what it was.

ERLover wrote:

jsburger wrote:

ERLover wrote:John, the nice has to go to Skip. I just had to install it.
On a few post back, about them getting the speeds right, with a SC, I am sure it was done on a slide rule. No computer model/program.
That guy sure knew how to build quality, I hope in his after life he has the opportunity/way of seeing what he built that lasted decades. I wont be around most likely in a century after the first E went out, born in 52, maybe, but I bet SS does a big thing about it if still around and I would love to see the pics of ones that post theirs still in operation/restored.

We built the fastest (to this day) airplane in the world with a slide rule. The Lockheed (Skunk Works) SR-71.

When I was still working for the AF we had the Sundstrand (aircraft generators) engineer on base. I worked with him all the time. He was a few years younger than me. We had a conversation one day about I know not what. However, It prompted me to bring in my college 60's slide rule. He said he had not seen one in years. The young college graduate engineer in the office had never seen one although he knew what it was.

I think if my info was correct, the Mercury and Gemini programs where done on them, I think I read they had some that were 6ft long.

jsburger wrote:

ERLover wrote:

jsburger wrote:
We built the fastest (to this day) airplane in the world with a slide rule. The Lockheed (Skunk Works) SR-71.

When I was still working for the AF we had the Sundstrand (aircraft generators) engineer on base. I worked with him all the time. He was a few years younger than me. We had a conversation one day about I know not what. However, It prompted me to bring in my college 60's slide rule. He said he had not seen one in years. The young college graduate engineer in the office had never seen one although he knew what it was.

I think if my info was correct, the Mercury and Gemini programs where done on them, I think I read they had some that were 6ft long.

All that stuff was done with a slide rule including the space shuttle. Is it better today than before. I don't know but we went to the moon with the equivalent of a Comador 64.

skou wrote:

jsburger wrote:

ERLover wrote:
I think if my info was correct, the Mercury and Gemini programs where done on them, I think I read they had some that were 6ft long.

All that stuff was done with a slide rule including the space shuttle. Is it better today than before. I don't know but we went to the moon with the equivalent of a Comador 64.

John, MUCH more expensive and LARGER than a Commodore 64.
(Maybe, even the Commodore Vic-20.)

But, not as powerful.

From what I've been hearing, most any NON-smart phone
has more processing power, than went to the moon on
Apollo!

steve