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		userbinator on Dec 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A recent software update was not successful. Your ... I suspect she may be referring to the stereotypical carbureted V8 + manual / hydraulic auto combination that's still highly popular amongst US enthusiasts, which certainly has no ECU at all. Microprocessors didn't exist until the early 70s. Late 70s / early 80s is when they started becoming common in cars.

trentgreene on Dec 25, 2023 [–]

Heh, thanks for the info, I have a bit of a gap of knowledge about that era of vehicles outside of a type II fun experience with an older Ranchero.

I see VW advertising a car with an ECU in 1968, but likely just transistors.

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