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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 ...
Most smartphones today have about 4 gigabytes of RAM. That is approximately 1 million times more memory than the Apollo Guidance Computer, Graham Kendall, a computer science professor at the ...
The Apollo Guidance Computer is one of the unsung successes ... having about as much oomph as a smart bulb with a total of about 72 K of memory and a 12-microsecond clock speed.
On board Apollo 11 was a computer called the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC). It had 2048 words of memory which could be used to store “temporary results” – data that is lost when there is no power.
On board Apollo 11 was a computer called the Apollo Guidance Computer. It had 2048 words of memory which could be used to store “temporary results” – data that is lost when there is no power.
74: Memory (ROM) of Apollo guidance computer, in kilobytes Computer technology was one of the greatest – and long lasting – achievements of Apollo. From the solid-state microcomputer fitted to ...
Among them: the Navajo women who assembled state-of-the-art integrated circuits for the Apollo Guidance Computer and the women employees of Raytheon who wove the computer’s core memory.
Onboard Apollo 11 was a computer called the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC). It had 2048 words of memory which could be used to store “temporary results”—data that is lost when there is no power.
The new computer’s operating system ... forming the basis of its new computing hub for Apollo missions. But for all their capabilities, memory on these new computers was a problem.
The compact devices were small, but had enough processing power and memory to guide ... the British startup Apollo ...