lunar Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/tag/lunar/ Electronics, Computing and Videogame History! Sun, 09 Jun 2019 01:13:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 http://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-keyicon-1-32x32.png lunar Archives - Paleotronic Magazine http://paleotronic.com/tag/lunar/ 32 32 146320098 The Lunar Code: Inside the Apollo Guidance Computer http://paleotronic.com/2019/06/09/the-lunar-code-inside-the-apollo-guidance-computer/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/06/09/the-lunar-code-inside-the-apollo-guidance-computer/#respond Sun, 09 Jun 2019 01:13:33 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=4703   The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was a fascinating design for its time, and demonstrated many concepts that would take hold be used for many years to come. The 512Khz master signal (derived from a [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/06/09/the-lunar-code-inside-the-apollo-guidance-computer/feed/ 0 4703 The Mystery of the Missing Moon Tapes http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/29/the-mystery-of-the-missing-moon-tapes/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/29/the-mystery-of-the-missing-moon-tapes/#respond Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:08:52 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3243 A desire to have the moon walk broadcast during prime-time US viewing hours, after the moon set there,  meant that NASA would have to rely on a dish in a sheep paddock in Australia to [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/25/live-from-the-moon-one-giant-transmission-for-mankind/feed/ 0 3210 The Diskee: Apollo’s most important crewmember http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/22/the-diskee-apollos-most-important-crewmember/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/22/the-diskee-apollos-most-important-crewmember/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2019 04:05:46 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3157 Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong’s tense two-word report came over the loudspeakers at NASA’s Mission Control in Houston, more of a question than a statement as he and and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin rapidly descended [more...]

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