Margaret Hamilton, NASA’s lead developer for Apollo program, stands next to all the code she wrote by hand that took humanity to the moon in 1969
Margaret Hamilton, NASA’s lead developer for Apollo program, stands next to all the code she wrote by hand that took humanity to the moon in 1969
Did you know that programs for the Apollo guidance computer were woven, by hand, in to Core Rope Memory modules?
Here’s a really cool demonstration of using Core Rope to make a drum synthesizer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zytjONYkU94
This is wild. Already sent to a friend who’s deep on old-school analog synths. Thanks!
i thought you were making some weird joke… turns out to be the most incredibly interesting thing i have read maybe ever.
awesome!