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Navy Tactical Data System, c. 1957

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USS KING DLG-10, one of three battleships equipped with an NTDS in the US Navy, c. 1960

 

Navy Tactical Data System, Sperry Univac Defense Systems, United States.

Memory: 32K (30-bit) Core

Speed: 104,000 Add/s

Cost: $500,000

 

The Navy Tactical Data System (NTDS) was an early transistorized military fire control computer. Computer pioneer Seymour Cray designed the machine in 1957 while at Remington Rand Univac, just prior to joining Control Data Corporation. This armored computer was extremely reliable in hazardous environments and could control battleship radar and weapons systems in real-time.

 

Computer History Museum

Mountain View, CA

www.computerhistory.org/

 

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