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I often wonder about the electronics of 1969 and what was done to mitigate radiation problems. For instance, the type of memory was called core rope memory ht
by emcrazyone 10y ago
I often wonder about the electronics of 1969 and what was done to mitigate radiation problems.
For instance, the type of memory was called core rope memory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
For anyone interested, XPrize winner Karsten Becker talks to popular youtube blogger David Jones about radiation, extreme heat & cold in space and specifically talks about bit flip and how electronic parts are sourced for such endeavors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JwNmdV2QPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JwNmdV2QPs
Interesting to me was the "paper work" cited in the interview for space harden components. In other words, people are concerned with stuff falling back to Earth (wouldn't it burn up?) or used for not so friendly purposes (war).
- datenwolf 10y ago> For instance, the type of memory was called core rope memory Rope and core memory were the standard memory technologies of the day and very likely have not been chosed for they radiation hardness. The fact is, solid state memory became reliable and available in quantities only in the second half of the 1970-ies.