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On this day CBS aired the first color TV broadcast in the US (lemmy.world)

The first commercial network television broadcast in color in the United States occurred over the CBS field-sequential colorOffsite Link television system on June 25, 1951, when a musical variety special titled PremiereOffsite Link was shown over a network of five East Coast CBS affiliates. Viewing was highly restricted as the...

The ID plate from the first ballistics computer I was taught to operate and maintain in the US Navy. Note the date of manufacture, I was on this system from '84-'89. (lemmy.world)

Commonly referred to as the Mark One Able. It took 5+ people to operate and all inputs were via hand cranks. This one was on a Garcia class Destroyer Escort/Fast Frigate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_I_Fire_Control_Computer

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