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Apollo Core Rope Memory (Apollo Guidance Computer Part 30)

CuriousMarc · documentary · Watch on YouTube

History of computingSpace exploration & spaceflightDemoscene & retrocomputing

What it is

CuriousMarc's Apollo Guidance Computer restoration series looks at core rope memory, the ROM that held the Moon landing programs. Mike Stewart builds a custom reader to recover lost AGC programs.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as the deepest explanation of how AGC rope memory works and how it differs from core memory.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Obligatory shoutout to curiousmarc and Mike Stewart.”

    Restoration work on the Apollo Guidance Computer

    dadadad100, 2023-11 · Strong recommendation · in “The Apollo Guidance Computer”

  2. “CuriousMarc has the ultimate explanation”

    Ultimate explanation of core rope memory as ROM.

    FullyFunctional, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “A Vacuum Tube Single Board 1-Bit Computer [video]”

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Topics: core rope memory, apollo guidance computer, vintage computing, restoration, rom

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