[ale] Car Topic

[Watson, Keith]

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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Boris
> Borisov
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 21:47
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> Subject: Re: [ale] Car Topic
> 
> .... Here's a computer related piece of trivia.  MB had engine computers
> in
> their cars as early as 1985 I believe ....
> 
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_EEC



Chrysler started using computers in 1976. They were hybrid digital/analog.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_burn

As a consultant for E-Virotronics I reverse engineered Lean Burn computers so they could be remanufactured (I still have a schematic for one of the Lean Burn computers). I also reverse engineered one of the Ford computers (A2 I think).

keith


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