Rebuilding the Apollo guidance computer · Proposed air date:
Dr. Dave tells the story of a Lockheed Martin engineer who spent four years recreating the Apollo guidance computer, then compares its tiny memory and processor with contemporary machines. The project becomes both major computing history and a portrait of patient technical curiosity.
This excerpt runs from 0:29.218 to 3:21.022 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2005-02-12. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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