Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code
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#3Another chance to recommend a book that I learnt about from HN: I highly recommend the book, Sunburst and Luminary; http://www.sunburstandluminary.com/SLhome.html
A technical pleasure and also very good glimpse into the Apollo team - working together, to land on the moon. It is a fun easy read, written by the fellow in charge of programming the guidance computer on the lunar lander. It is also a great snapshot of that time in history, the excitement of Apollo, and with the frustration of the Vietnam war going on, some protests, etc. Just a hint - the main programmer, was an English major, and his use of the right words, were a key factor in the success of of creating an efficient and effective computer language
Re: Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code
#4Another chance to recommend a book that I learnt about from HN: I highly recommend the book, Sunburst and Luminary; http://www.sunburstandluminary.com/SLhome.html A technical pleasure and also very good glimpse into the Apollo team - working together, to land on the moon. It is a fun easy read, written by the fellow in charge of programming the guidance computer on the lunar lander. It is also a great snapshot of tha…
Thank you - added to my wishlist
Re: Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code
#5Another chance to recommend a book that I learnt about from HN: I highly recommend the book, Sunburst and Luminary; http://www.sunburstandluminary.com/SLhome.html A technical pleasure and also very good glimpse into the Apollo team - working together, to land on the moon. It is a fun easy read, written by the fellow in charge of programming the guidance computer on the lunar lander. It is also a great snapshot of tha…
Right after that book came out, the author (Don Eyles) gave this excellent talk at the Vintage Computer Festival East in Wall, NJ.
The various VCF events have had a great deal of excellent AGC content over the years.