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Apollo 11 Guidance Computer simulator

  • 21-07-2009 9:47pm
    #1
    An Fear Aniar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭


    There's a prebuilt binary of a simulator which runs the Apollo Guidance Computer which you can get here:

    http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/Downloads/VirtualAGC-installer

    It installs and runs fine on my Jaunty 64-bit machine.

    Here's a picture of it running on my desktop:

    http://i30.tinypic.com/28k80oi.jpg

    If you want you can get the source code here:

    http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/

    it contains some alarming comments:
    TS	WCHPHASE
		TC	BANKCALL	# TEMPORARY, I HOPE HOPE HOPE
		CADR	STOPRATE	# TEMPORARY, I HOPE HOPE HOPE
		TC	DOWNFLAG	# PERMIT X-AXIS OVERRIDE

    and 
    		DMP*	VXSC
			GAINBRAK,1	# NUMERO MYSTERIOSO
			ANGTERM

    .


Comments

  • #2
    stylers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭stylers


    its fairly cool alright, but i reckon the real hardware replica would be even better - some guy did build one ! :D. btw, what is the desktop info overlay on your desktop ?


  • #3
    An Fear Aniar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭An Fear Aniar


    stylers wrote: »
    its fairly cool alright, but i reckon the real hardware replica would be even better - some guy did build one ! :D. btw, what is the desktop info overlay on your desktop ?

    That is Conky. Can't live without it these days.

    .


  • #4
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    That is brilliant. :D


  • #5
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,405 ✭✭✭Dartz


    I find it even more impressive that we were able to get to the moon with the equivelant of a 10 year old mobile phone powering it, if even that.

    Verb - Noun.

    Nothing more. Almost raw machine language

    Only hardcore command-line afficianado's need apply.


  • #6
    stylers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭stylers


    true, those guys had nothing more powerful than a scientific calculator to get them to the moon - and they really had to use it if anything went wrong. as well as being hot shot pilots, they really had to know their stuff - they were "the right stuff". looking back I'm sure we wouldn't even contemplate doing it again if we only had the technology of the time..

    cheers for the link on conky - I knew i had seen it on DSL.. but never thought about it.. its on my desktop now anyway.


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