Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!rochester!rutgers!att!cbnews!ferguson@x102c.harris-atd.com From: ferguson@x102c.harris-atd.com (ferguson ct 71078) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Computers on B-29's Keywords: computers, bombers, B-29 Message-ID: <5130@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 25 Mar 89 03:40:33 GMT References: <4719@cbnews.ATT.COM> <4911@cbnews.ATT.COM> <5071@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: Harris GISD, Melbourne, FL Lines: 28 Approved: military@att.att.com From: ferguson@x102c.harris-atd.com (ferguson ct 71078) In article <5071@cbnews.ATT.COM> dasys1!reynolds@phri (Brian Reynolds) writes: > > >From: dasys1!reynolds@phri (Brian Reynolds) > > >I can not give specific references but I am almost positive that the >B-29 (and other American bombers) did have computers on board. On the >B-29 I think the bombsight was computerized. The computer >may have been analog and was obviously made from tubes. Have you ever seen one these tube type Nordens? You can occasionally find Norden bombsights on WWII bombers at a flying museum airshow (e.g., Confederate Air Force). I have seen several. Their "computers" are optical/mechanical. Nonetheless, they are somewhat sophisticated and I can understand why they would be sensitive. The only electrical components I have observed on or about them corresponded to the bomb release mechanism which was a box full of relays. Chuck Ferguson Harris Government Information Systems Division (407) 984-6010 MS: W1/7732 PO Box 98000 Melbourne, FL 32902 Internet: ferguson@cobra@trantor.harris-atd.com uunet: uunet!x102a!x102c!ferguson