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"The Charming Genius of the Apollo Guidance Computer" is a wonderful talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY45YE7ggng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY45YE7gg
by EvanAnderson 7y ago
"The Charming Genius of the Apollo Guidance Computer" is a wonderful talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY45YE7ggng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY45YE7ggng
The AGC implemented a virtual machine to run higher-level computational routines. The whole architecture is really interesting.
- rst 7y agoEyles has a memoir out: info available here. (The title is "Sunburst and Luminary", which were the names for LM software builds for earth-orbit testing and lunar landings, respectively.) http://www.sunburstandluminary.com/SLhome.html http://www.sunburstandluminary.com/SLhome.html