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Light Years Ahead | The 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer

Robert Wills of TNMoC explains the Apollo Guidance Computer hardware and software, then walks through the Apollo 11 landing procedure step by step, including the 1202 alarms.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN calls it mandatory viewing on the AGC, praising the speaker's enthusiasm and the clear account of restartable, robust software design.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
TNMoC
Topic
apollo guidance computer
Format
lecture
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
11
HN mentions in dataset
13
Recommendation years in dataset
2021–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • I suggest watching this excellent presentation: [VIDEO] . He goes in to great depth in explaining how the LEM was in fact capable of landing itself. Automation was widespread in the development and execution of the Apollo program.

    mulmen on Hacker News · 2021-06
    In A transistorized shift register box, built in 1965 for Apollo testing

  • Mandatory Light Years Ahead | The 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer [VIDEO] 34C3 - The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk [LINK]

    Banana699 on Hacker News · 2022-05
    In On rebooting: the unreasonable effectiveness of turning computers off and on

  • Yeah, a great example is this presentation[1] about the Apollo guidance computer. The guy is really, really into it and it just makes the presentation amazing. [1] [VIDEO]

    TremendousJudge on Hacker News · 2022-09
    In Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion deciphers the Rosetta Stone

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