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The original Atlas guidance computer was ground-based.[1] It was the first transistorized computer, but it was a sizable mainframe and not on the missile. Guidance was by radio control.

The ARMA Micro D is really obscure. It shows up in some lists of early computers. Apparently it was inside some versions of the LTN-51 inertial navigation system.[2][3] But this seems to have been around 1969-1970. The Concorde used that navigation system.

[1] http://afspacemuseum.org/displays/BurroughsComputer/Burrough... [2] https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1970/1970%20-%... [3] http://www.seaboardairlines.org/aircraft/ins-2.htm




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