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INSIDE those OLD pinball machines (www.youtube.com)
submitted 11 months ago by kalkulat to c/technology
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First, wear your dust mask. Who knows where these machines have been?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"CuriousMarc" on YouTube has a couple videos where he takes apart and restores an electromechanical navigation computer from an old soviet Soyuz capsule. It could show you exactly where in your orbit you were and calculate rendezvous and reentry burns, all with just a shitload of gears and things. It was incredible.