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Repairing a vintage 40-kilovolt xenon lamp igniter
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What do xenon lamps and the invention of radio have in common? The box below is a 1960s German high voltage unit that CuriousMarc obtain...
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Inside a Titan missile guidance computer
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I've been studying the guidance computer from a Titan II nuclear missile. This compact computer was used in the 1970s to guide a Titan...
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The Delco Magic line of aerospace computers
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This post is a summary of the Magic line of computers, produced by Delco / General Motors from 1962 to the 1980s. These computers were devel...
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Looking inside a vintage Soviet TTL logic integrated circuit
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This blog post examines a 1980s chip used in a Soyuz space clock. The microscope photo below shows the tiny silicon die inside the package, ...
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The core memory inside a Saturn V rocket's computer
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The Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC) had a key role in the Apollo Moon mission, guiding and controlling the Saturn V rocket. Like most...
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