Wednesday, July 22, 2009

DIY: 1969 Lunar Module Computer

Here’s a project for a rainy year: a DIY Apollo Guidance Computer with 4K RAM, 32K words of ROM, and a 1Mhz processor.

John Pultorak built his own replica in 2004 and released the plans to the world, giving us a glimpse into what was essentially the first pocket calculator on the moon.

Read about it HERE.

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