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Re: Voyager 1 FDS Computer Emulator

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Post by Natalia724 » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC

asah wrote: post #6

it would be amazing to include a few example programs!

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Re: Voyager 1 FDS Computer Emulator

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Post by bennett_dev » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 5:38 PM UTC

Next add realistic signal delay so you have to wait a day to get the result

Re: Voyager 1 FDS Computer Emulator

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Post by brandonpelfrey » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC

I was just looking at this yesterday. Apparently Voyager 1 architecture, ISA, etc are well known but Voyager 2 is still denied via FOIA on grounds of copyright.

Re: Voyager 1 FDS Computer Emulator

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Post by somat » Sat, Aug 08, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC

brandonpelfrey wrote: post #13

I was just looking at this yesterday. Apparently Voyager 1 architecture, ISA, etc are well known but Voyager 2 is still denied via FOIA on grounds of copyright.

Would they be different? They launched 16 days apart. I always assumed they were mostly the same core hardware. hm... rereading the wikipedia pages now...

Re: Voyager 1 FDS Computer Emulator

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Post by vivzkestrel » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 3:16 AM UTC

ErroneousBosh wrote: post #5

vivzkestrel wrote: post #4

- stupid question: what is the program about? what are we trying to achieve?

It emulates the computer that runs Voyager 1. I'm not sure I understand the question.

but how did you get access to the actual program that NASA has running on it?

Re: Voyager 1 FDS Computer Emulator

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Post by ErroneousBosh » Sun, Aug 09, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC

vivzkestrel wrote: post #15

ErroneousBosh wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It emulates the computer that runs Voyager 1. I'm not sure I understand the question.

but how did you get access to the actual program that NASA has running on it?

It's not my project but presumably someone has a copy.