rk wrote...
Archibald wrote:

Great reading!

Thanx!

Yes, it was.

The book to read on those computers is:

noted

Some other web based resources a

(Extract) Scan of commented assembler listing of Luminary:
http://klabs.org/richcontent/Misc_Co.../luminary1.jpg
"BURNBABY"

The AGC in Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

Fred Martin's recollections:
http://klabs.org/richcontent/MAPLDCo...artin_1994.htm
"Cool NASA heads at MSC kept control and our most knowledgeable NASA
software engineer, Jack Garman, advised the Mission Controller to inform
the astronauts to push on. Jack was convinced, in a split second, that if
the computer wasn't getting to certain computations, such algorithms were
not essential and would not materially affect the landing. It was a gutsy
call. He was right and the LEM landed safely."

And thanks Bill for that fabulous post!

- Peter