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Old November 21st 05, 05:06 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.owning
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Default Last Plane Without a Computer

Didn't the original 737 have a fuel computer (really just a calculator,
but still electronic with CPU, etc)? I'm not sure what you mean by
"software" the line between "software" and "firmware" is pretty blurry
to me, but then again, I've worked as an engineeer designing both. You
can update the "software" of the caluclator by changing out the chip.

-Robert