[SATLUG] home computer

[Mitch Thompson]

Brinkley Harrell wrote:
> Mitch Thompson wrote:
>> skolars wrote:
>>  
>>> Thought you would like this on:
>>> http://cis.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/rand.jpg
>>> <http://cis.sac.accd.edu/%7Eskolars/rand.jpg>.  It is from a 1954
>>> Popular Mechanics Magazine.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>     
>> Y'know, I've seen that picture on the web half a dozen times or more
>> and, while I can understand the teletype (I've used those in the Air
>> Force), and all the guages, and the monitor is cool, I have NEVER been
>> able to understand the purpose of the steering wheel, or valve handle,
>> or whatever that thing is, on a "computer".
>>   
> Ya know, Micth -- I recognized the thing right out. It's the
> Engineering control space from an S5W submarine reactor plant. The
> panel with the "big steering wheel" is the Steam Plant Control Panel
> and the wheels are the steam throttles that control the main engine
> turbines: big wheel is the ahead turbine control and little wheel is
> the astern turbine control.
>
> The middle panel with the black joy stick in the middle is the Reactor
> Plant Control Panel and the joy stick controls the reactor control
> rods. The right-most panel controls the electric plant turbines and
> battery.
>
> Even though it is a depiction of this scene for a museum, it's not
> accurate.
>
> B.
>
Hey, Brinkley.

Yeah, but you have a slight advantage over many of us here...;^)