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by kens 1336 days ago
Are you talking about the Navy Tactical Data System (NTDS)? This important system (that Cray worked on) is mostly forgotten, but the book "When Computers Went to Sea" provides good coverage. There's one on exhibit at the Computer History Museum. Apollo did make heavy use of them: the Univac 642B computers from NTDS were used at the ground stations around the world, relaying data to Mission Control.
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Wow, thanks! Had no idea of their role in Apollo.