The Apollo Guidance Computer [electronic resource] : Architecture and Operation / edited by Frank O’Brien.

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629.1
Title
The Apollo Guidance Computer Architecture and Operation / edited by Frank O’Brien.
Physical Description
XVIII, 440 p. 30 illus. online resource.
Series
Springer Praxis Books
Contents
History, evolution and packaging -- Machine organization -- Interpretive instructions -- The executive program -- Important background routines -- Display and keyboard (DSKY) -- I/O devices and interfaces -- Application programs -- Erasable memory programs -- Interaction with the ground -- Selected case studies -- Epilogue.
Summary
By today's standards, the on-board computer used by the Apollo astronaut's was a primitive affair, but in an age when most computers filled an entire room, this was small, required little power, and incorporated several technologies that were revolutionary for its time. This is the first book to fully describe the Apollo guidance computer's architecture, Executive software, and the programs used by astronauts. It describes the full range of technologies required in order to fly the Apollo lunar missions, and whicn enabled the astronauts to fly to the Moon - and back!
Added Author
O’Brien, Frank. editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)
Subject
ENGINEERING.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Engineering.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Multimedia
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Summary
By today's standards, the on-board computer used by the Apollo astronaut's was a primitive affair, but in an age when most computers filled an entire room, this was small, required little power, and incorporated several technologies that were revolutionary for its time. This is the first book to fully describe the Apollo guidance computer's architecture, Executive software, and the programs used by astronauts. It describes the full range of technologies required in order to fly the Apollo lunar missions, and whicn enabled the astronauts to fly to the Moon - and back!
Contents
History, evolution and packaging -- Machine organization -- Interpretive instructions -- The executive program -- Important background routines -- Display and keyboard (DSKY) -- I/O devices and interfaces -- Application programs -- Erasable memory programs -- Interaction with the ground -- Selected case studies -- Epilogue.
Subject
ENGINEERING.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Engineering.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Multimedia