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Apollo Guidance Computer Part 7: Memory Module B12

CuriousMarc 109,455 6 years ago
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Get your project PCBs from our sponsor PCBway! https://www.pcbway.com/ Put Samtec connectors in your projects! www.samtec.com Our core memory module has a fault. We deep dive into its construction and make several measurements to find where the problem is. It will be helpful to first watch my core memory video: https://youtu.be/AwsInQLmjXc . This blog article from Ken Shirriff goes into even more details about the AGC core memory: http://www.righto.com/2019/01/inside-apollo-guidance-computers-core.html Frequent comment answers: Yes we know about Francois Rautenbach and the Block I core ropes (https://youtu.be/WquhaobDqLU). These ropes are also from Jimmie but are not compatible with our Block II computer. Yes we are in contact with Fran https://youtu.be/UjcfepTdvZI (and several others) about their superb DSKYs replicas. Some relevant links: Playlist of the restoration series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb59FWrLZfdlisi_x7-Ut_-w7 Block I AGC period documentary: https://youtu.be/ndvmFlg1WmE Inertial navigation system documentary: https://youtu.be/wD97RSpiZe0 Schematics: https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/links.html#AGC_electrical_schematics and: https://archive.org/details/agc_handbook_jp2 Mike's AGC backplane viewer: http://apolloguidance.computer/2003100_071/pins AGC software repo: https://github.com/virtualagc/virtualagc The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk: https://youtu.be/xx7Lfh5SKUQ Music Credits: Kevin McLeod https://incompetech.com/

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