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The Charming Genius of the Apollo Guidance Computer [video]

• shawnps 11y ago
  The part about core rope memory was pretty interesting. Star charts and other bits of data were actually woven into a form of read-only memory via loom: https://youtu.be/xY45YE7ggng?t=1155 https://youtu.be/xY45YE7ggng?t=1155 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory
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• 6502nerdface 11y ago
  If you like this, you may also like this book that goes into crazy detail about the design and architecture of the AGC: http://www.amazon.com/The-Apollo-Guidance-Computer-Architecture/dp/1441908765 http://www.amazon.com/The-Apollo-Guidance-Computer-Architect... See also Fran's pages; she does some reverse engineering with X ray micrographs: http://www.frantone.com/designwritings/design_writings_LVDC.html http://www.frantone.com/designwritings/design_writings_LVDC....
• diego898 11y ago
  Also of interest might be John Pultorak's DIY AGC[1] [1]: http://www.galaxiki.org/web/main/_blog/all/build-your-own-nasa-apollo-landing-computer-no-kidding.shtml http://www.galaxiki.org/web/main/_blog/all/build-your-own-na...