Apollo 11 Computer Code

[LordFerret]

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The Code That Sent Apollo 11 to the Moon Just Resurfaced Online and Is Chock-Full of Jokes

Published on GitHub ...

This is one I'll have to go dig up and read through lol.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/code-got-us-moon-full-jokes-pop-culture-and-shakespeare-180959754

 

Edit: Link to the source code is here.

Edited July 12, 2016 by LordFerret

[radonek]

INDEXI      DEC	4		# **********   DON'T   ***********
            DEC	2		# **********   TOUCH   ***********
            DEC	0		# **********   THESE   ***********
            DEC	4		# ********** CONSTANTS ***********

Some things never change.
 

[razark]

3 hours ago, radonek said:

Some things never change.

My favorite was from BURN_BABY_BURN--MASTER_IGNITION_ROUTINE.s

"HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE"

[Razor235]

I love the issue that one user had.

 

 

[Hydrothermalventclam]

One of the coolest things that I learned about the whole Apollo system, is that this program was actually hardwired.  It consisted of a set of wires and magnets that were arranged in such a way to carry the same information as a computer drive.  This made the "hard drive" (or SSD maybe) very resistant to radiation, or vibrations, and it also booted up in about a second.  Apparently, the whole system was built by retired seamstresses, because they had good hand dexterity.