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Apollo Guidance Computer restoration videos

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by nativeit

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I have been following this series since it began, and it's just magical for the sort of nerds who have consumed all of the surface-level documentaries and books about Apollo, especially if you have an interest in electronics engineering, computer science, or radio communications. It's a genre that's distinct to YouTube--something I fear going away every time YouTube tries to chase TikTok and Instagram trends.
Marc, Ken, and their team are national treasures. I'm absolutely blown away at the depth and breadth of what they have accomplished in this series.

by timonoko

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I suggested that after the Final Countdown first computers are made with Rope Memory and Mechanical Relays. But Ken Schirriff said NO -- you need semifast semiconductors to read the memory.

by LAC-Tech

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I'm really interested in the "development process", for lack of a better word, of Apollo. Obviously it was not kanban, sprints and retrospectives, but I am curious about how they actually went about it.

by fragmede

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It's a bit of an apples to oranges comparison, but the fact that a usb-c to HDMI cable has something like 100x more computing power than the AGC still blows my mind!

by Sarthakofficial

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