Dan Cross <crossd(a)gmail.com> writes:
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp78b04770a0001001100…
However, details of the sending party have been redacted, and there is
nothing pointing to the identity of the manufacturer.
The 1704689 flip-flop PCB is a Bendix part:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/263975518840
This page has a picture of a "Nistri-Bendix AP/3 analytical
stereoplotter (a special purpose instrument primarily used to compile
contour maps and terrain profiles)", which sounds like the kind of thing
the Air Force would have:
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/v…
There's more information online about the AP/1, AP/2 etc., which consist
of a digital computer driving some specalised plotting hardware -- so it
sounds like the letter's talking about spares for the computer part of
the AP/3. Whether that's the same as the AP-3 you're after, though...
--
Adam Sampson <ats(a)offog.org> <http://offog.org/>