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The Apollo Guidance Computer [electronic resource] : Architecture and Operation / edited by Frank O’Brien.

By: O’Brien, Frank [editor.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Praxis Books: Publisher: New York, NY : Praxis, 2010Description: 300p. 30 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781441908773.Subject(s): Engineering | Astronautics | Engineering | Aerospace Technology and AstronauticsDDC classification: 629.1 Online resources: Click here to access online
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.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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 book to fully describe the Apollo guidance computer's architecture, Executive software, and the programs used by astronauts. It describes the full range of technologies required in order to fly the Apollo lunar missions, and whicn enabled the astronauts to fly to the Moon - and back!
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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.

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 book to fully describe the Apollo guidance computer's architecture, Executive software, and the programs used by astronauts. It describes the full range of technologies required in order to fly the Apollo lunar missions, and whicn enabled the astronauts to fly to the Moon - and back!

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