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The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was such a marvel of software & computer engineering on top of all mech & EE + interdisciplinary engineering it took to make the Lunar Module reach / be able to land on the surface of the moon. Able to handle radar, IMU, display, input, & engine commands - all done in the 1960s
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Such diagram is for high level presentations? Surprising that the computer looks so much at the centre of everything, which in system design means fatal criticality. Vague memory there where two computers, just in case.
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July
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https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9064-the_ultimate_apollo_guidance_computer_talk Great talk
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