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You can see this approach even in spacecraft. The Apollo Guidance Computer was an example of a crash-first system (https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/hrst/archive/1
by shadowofneptune 4y ago
You can see this approach even in spacecraft. The Apollo Guidance Computer was an example of a crash-first system (https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/hrst/archive/1033.pdf https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/hrst/archive/1033.pdf).
- Banana699 4y agoMandatory Light Years Ahead | The 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1J2RMorJXM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1J2RMorJXM 34C3 - The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx7Lfh5SKUQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx7Lfh5SKUQ
- shadowofneptune 4y agoThe second one is interesting for using hexadecimal in its new syntax format, even though octal is a natural fit for a 15-bit word and was used in the display. The reverse was common back in the 70s and 80s, so I guess it's always been about which is understood rather than which is correct.