I really find chasing for a "first" a futile exercise. But, if there are interest in another "first", then in 1972 in Sweden Lars Karlsson (together with some other engineers) introduced Transdata 7261. Similar in the respect that it was intended for an educational audience, and had an 8008 at the core. (Google "Transdata 7261", probably the text will be in Swedish though.) Also if searching for "The forgotten Q1" there is another contender ... and so on.
Kudos to the videographer. I appreciate the filming of the interpretive information sheets on the various displayed engines. I could stop the video and easily read each information sheet.
4:53 Nope, you didn't do it exactly right so now she isn't going to cooperate. Every married man here knows what I'm talking about 😂 Awesome engine, it would have been a sight to see at full operating RPM.
More care should be taken not to start the motor when people are close to moving parts especially the flywheels, no second chances if even a minor slip or trip by the gentleman standing on the trailer mudguards.
torque depends on loaded running rpm....if rpm is 300 then torque would be 350lbft....the formula is hp v torque times rpm divided by the constant 5250...so by the wonders of algebra, 20hp x constant 5250 divided by 300rpm = 350lbft
If you think this is unobtanium today... back then I'm sure getting your hands on any bleeding edge computer technology was just as hard. Weird to find a comment from my very self here from 6 years ago. i don't even remember this video. A different sort of... time travel.
This is such a shame, wonderful that you had the foresight to collect this stuff but such a shame you didn't get the support to create a museum. I'm 68 and also have been collecting old tech but it really doesn't go back to this level, absolute brilliant, I hope you get some serious payback if you sell them
Huh, that's cute. Seeing the setup, I'm going to hazard a guess you're going to use the little engine to start the big one instead of trying to wrestle with the wheels.
Huh, well I was almost right. I figured you'd hook a belt up from the little engine to the big one, fire up the little one with the belt loose, and tension it when you were ready to fire the big one up.
John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Someone took a lot of care making this. I wonder if the Smithsonian would be interested in your collection? I know there are other computer museums. Your items should be preserved, 200 or 500 years from now, people will marvel at them, if there are still people around.
Circa WW2 farm tractors in the UK used the same method of starting up on petrol (gas) and then switching to TVO (Tractor Vaporising Oil, equivalent to Paraffin/Kerosene in the UK).
I hope that these computers will never be lost and will be preserved for posterity. Perhaps now we do not realize it but they are a very important part of the history of humanity.
