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Light Years Ahead | The 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1J2RMorJXM

34C3 - The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx7Lfh5SKUQ



The second one is interesting for using hexadecimal in its new syntax format, even though octal is a natural fit for a 15-bit word and was used in the display. The reverse was common back in the 70s and 80s, so I guess it's always been about which is understood rather than which is correct.




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