Kirk Gordon wrote:

Ed Huntress wrote:

That's pretty much it. It should be pointed out that it was controlled by a
computer, not by a simple logic controller, so it was also the first CNC
machine.

Really? Are you sure? I didn't know that!

KG
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I think that was done with punch cards, one for each move. There was no
memory storage as we know it today.Memory was limited by the number to
tubes in the control. One tube for each two bits of data. They did
have mechanical relays the were used. Think pin ball machines.


John