Rope memory is weird ... [Fran Blanche] tore down a few modules from the Apollo Launch Vehicle Digital Computer a few years ago. Thanks to [Vincent], [Danie], and [Kent] for jumping on this ...

Core among them was the Apollo Guidance Computer, charged with keeping the craft on target as it travelled to its destination and back again. Marc Verdiell, also known as CuriousMarc, is a bit of ...

The Apollo mission was conceived at the height ... that astronauts used to get onto the lunar surface. Each computer had two types of memory, erasable and fixed. The fixed memory contained the ...

The compact devices were small, but had enough processing power and memory to guide ... the British startup Apollo Instruments has been able to shrink the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) even ...

The guidance computer used in the Apollo lunar landings has been turned into a cool calculator watch. It has a stopwatch, GPS, and the promise of future updates with more functionality.