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For more information about the huge slide rule in the drawing above, read the quote below.
Instead of saying that this image reflects my current feelings, it would be more accurate to say that I sincerely admire this accomplishment, assuming that it actually existed. (If you decide to go to the website where this image was posted, scroll down awhile until you find it.) A computational device of this power, that used only mechanical technology, was a real achievement.
While the (West) was racing towards microcircuits of ever smaller size, and (Sony Walkman) disc players, it was sometimes reported that the Soviet Union, in the early 80's, had a top (secret) development project (code-named) 'Behemoth' that was thought to rival the (West's) best supercomputers by using purely mechanical technology. [Someone code-named Foo??] managed to obtain, at great personal peril, a clandestine sketch circulated by ex-STASI agents that showed some details of Behemoth, a 50 foot long, (servo-operated), high (resolution) slide rule capable of astonishing accuracy, with hundreds of specialized, top secret scales.
Able to withstand withering EMP and operable under conditions that would destroy conventional computers, this unique device, never captured live on film, was thought to be the most powerful slide rule ever built, reputedly made in the sub-basement of the Kalashnikov rifle factory.
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