Hacker extracts data from scrap yard discovered APOLLO GUIDANCE COMPUTER rope memory

[Winston]

Hacker extracts data from scrap yard discovered APOLLO GUIDANCE COMPUTER rope memory after 18 months of analysis (including x-rays of modules shown in 2nd video).

https://hackaday.com/2016/09/02/decoding-rediscovered-rope-memory-from-the-apollo-guidance-computer/

Note the custom laser cut module test jig box. Nice stage separation film at end of first video.:

[video=youtube;WquhaobDqLU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WquhaobDqLU[/video]

[video=youtube;-BlivdwXRZU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BlivdwXRZU[/video]

[video=youtube;OkFy30kxfh4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkFy30kxfh4[/video]

 

[thomas]

Pretty impressive that somebody found them 40 years ago in scrap and recognized to keep them.

 

[DavidMcCann]

that dude is a wizard.

 

[markkoelsch]

Impressive that after all this time he could get anything from it.