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Restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer & live Apollo
Restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer & live Apollo DSKY screen demo
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“Vintage Computer Federation”
Marc Verdiell, Eric Schlaepfer, Ken Shirriff
A presentation at Vintage Computer Festival West — August 4 2023 Please consider the creation and preservation of presentations like this one by donating to Vintage Computer Federation, which is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit organization….
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I swear to you, that was Eric's "magic finger" getting Marc's computer reconnected to the projector again ☝
Anytime I hear somebody say that "we no longer have the knowledge or technology to land on the moon," I point them to Marc and his team.
Interesting to learn that the 1202 could block up the AGC completely. I think I read it in Frank O'Brien's book that if the 1202s came closer than they did on XI the AGC would've lost the navigation data and they would have had to abort.
Soo… anybody have a spare rendezvous radar to try? 🙂
This team of humans are amazing. Best show on the internet.