Apollo rope memory (IEEE Spectrum article)

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Author	Topic: Apollo rope memory (IEEE Spectrum article)
segopalm New Member Posts: 5 From: Sanger CA USA Registered: Aug 2013	posted 11-01-2017 10:11 PM IEEE Spectrum has a short article about "Software as hardware: Apollo's rope memory." Brought back some memories... During the missions themselves, rope memory served as the Apollo Guidance Computer’s “fixed memory,” containing the navigation and guidance software that, in 1969, landed humans on the moon for the first time. Factory workers, usually women, painstakingly encoded each bit of information by hand.
moorouge Member Posts: 2454 From: U.K. Registered: Jul 2009	posted 11-10-2017 11:02 AM You mean like this -
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 4437 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999	posted 11-10-2017 12:33 PM "Little old ladies" looked younger back then...

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