Feranti 1600B

The FERRANTI FM1600 CPU was designed for use in large centralised computer installations in major warships and was at the time when the brochure came out the most powerful in the Ferranti range. It is a 24-bit general purpose, real time central processor and is an integrated circuit version of the F1600 machine, which has been in service with the (UK) Royal Navy for many years, and uses the same range of proven software. The FM1600B was used in many military equipment, especially on board of ships of the UK Royal Navy, other Navy's as well as in trainers, for instance in the Netherlands AA Tank Training System (Mech LUA).