26 Mar
2019
26 Mar
'19
12:28 p.m.
From: Ben Bfranchuk
Now they seem to have have found a SCRAPPED Apollo
guidance
computer and am rebuilding the missing pieces.
Wow. What a great site (and that guy has mad skills, everything from
repairing old Teletypes, through designing boards, to repairing analog
stuff). Just 'wasted' a good chunk of the morning reading back through
it; tons of really neat things (including recovery of the very first
FORTH, along with a lot of Diablo drive - from the Alto - repairs).
As a shortcut, here:
http://rescue1130.blogspot.com/2018/11/
is the backstory on the AGC; about 1/3 of the way down, in "Restoring an
Apollo Guidance Computer, part V".
Noel
26 Mar
26 Mar
1:43 p.m.
New subject: AGC restoration / was Re: PDP-8 signed overflow detection - Apollo guidace computer
On 2019-Mar-26, at 9:28 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
This is the same AGC restoration that curious marc has been making videos about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSahAoOLdU
The project and videos were mentioned on the list back in December.
There's an interview with Jimmie there (4:13) with more details about the backstory.
From: Ben
Bfranchuk
Now they seem to have have found a SCRAPPED
Apollo guidance
computer and am rebuilding the missing pieces.
Wow. What a great site (and that guy has mad skills, everything from
repairing old Teletypes, through designing boards, to repairing analog
stuff). Just 'wasted' a good chunk of the morning reading back through
it; tons of really neat things (including recovery of the very first
FORTH, along with a lot of Diablo drive - from the Alto - repairs).
As a shortcut, here:
http://rescue1130.blogspot.com/2018/11/
is the backstory on the AGC; about 1/3 of the way down, in "Restoring an
Apollo Guidance Computer, part V". 
30 Mar
30 Mar
4:03 p.m.
New subject: AGC restoration / was Re: PDP-8 signed overflow detection - Apollo guidace computer
Yes, that would be Carl?s ?day to day? blog (http://rescue1130.blogspot.com/). He is also
on the list, lurking in the background. Carl, are you there?
Ken Shirriff has also several deeply researched blog articles on specific AGC topics
(righto.com).
Mike has some very interesting posts on his AGC FPGA emulation work here:
http://mikestewart.hcoop.net/
Marc
On Mar 26, 2019, at 10:43 AM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2019-Mar-26, at 9:28 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
This is the same AGC restoration that curious marc has been making videos about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSahAoOLdU
The project and videos were mentioned on the list back in December.
There's an interview with Jimmie there (4:13) with more details about the backstory.
From: Ben
Bfranchuk
Now they seem to have have found a SCRAPPED
Apollo guidance
computer and am rebuilding the missing pieces.
Wow. What a great site (and that guy has mad skills, everything from
repairing old Teletypes, through designing boards, to repairing analog
stuff). Just 'wasted' a good chunk of the morning reading back through
it; tons of really neat things (including recovery of the very first
FORTH, along with a lot of Diablo drive - from the Alto - repairs).
As a shortcut, here:
http://rescue1130.blogspot.com/2018/11/
is the backstory on the AGC; about 1/3 of the way down, in "Restoring an
Apollo Guidance Computer, part V".
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