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The Apollo Guidance Computer Architecture and Operation /

By today's standards, the on-board computer used by the Apollo astronaut's was a primitive affair, but in an age when most computers filled an entire room, this was small, required little power, and incorporated several technologies that were revolutionary for its time. This is the first b...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'Brien, Frank (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Praxis : Imprint: Praxis, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Series:Space Exploration,
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Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • History, evolution and packaging
  • Machine organization
  • Interpretive instructions
  • The executive program
  • Important background routines
  • Display and keyboard (DSKY)
  • I/O devices and interfaces
  • Application programs
  • Erasable memory programs
  • Interaction with the ground
  • Selected case studies
  • Epilogue.