11 Nov
2008
11 Nov
'08
12:16 a.m.
There are four independent flight computers involved in the Apollo
program.
The LVDC is the Launch Vehicle Digital Computer and was designed by
IBM. It flew the Saturn booster.
The Command Module Computer and Lunar Guidance Computer (CMC/LGC) are
the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) from MIT. This is the one most
people think of when they think "Apollo Capsule Computer".
There was an additonal backup computer on the LM called the Abort
Guidance System, or AGS. It was made by TRW.
The one being discussed is the LVDC. As far as I can tell, all of the
LVDC software was in the possession of IBM when it was broken up, and
nobody seems to know where they went after that.
On Nov 10, 2008, at 8:56 PM, Randy Dawson wrote:
http://www.klabs.org/richcontent/Misc_Content/AGC_And_History/
AGC_History.htm
And a build it your self in your basement article!
Randy
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To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:34:09 -0800
Subject: Re: Who wants to help read a Saturn V core stack?
On 10 Nov 2008 at 17:57, Eric Smith wrote:
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http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119463819/direct/01/ The three ROS (Read Only Storage) technologies
developed for the
original System/360 processors were...
Thanks for refreshing my (ever more volatile) wetware. Back in the
1960s, ISTR reading a (red) hardcover book that dealt with custom
microprogramming both the S/360 and the Spectra 70. From what I
remember, the 360/30 was the system of choice for "hobby
microprogrammers" with the Spectrola a close second.
Have you ever run across such a book?
Cheers,
Chuck