AGC restoration / was Re: PDP-8 signed overflow detection - Apollo guidace computer

[Brent Hilpert]

On 2019-Mar-26, at 9:28 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
>> 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".



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.