US Navy explains basic mechanical principles of a hearth control computer — in 1953 (video)

Bits, bytes and silicon transistors? Boy, you’ve got it good — back in 1953, state-of-the-art computers were manufactured from gears, sprockets, chains and cams, and we trusted them to accurately wreck lives with ginormous naval guns. In case you’re wondering how which can possibly work, you don’t should go far — a chain of 7 videos after the break show you ways it was done, and which may even ingratiate you with the grizzled old neighbor who desperately wants you off his lawn.

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