Building a computer
Most people think of doing this by buying some boards and a case and putting everything together. John Pultorak spent four years building his computer -- a replica of the
Apollo Guidance Computer.
bq.
Abstract
This report describes my successful project to build a working reproduction of the 1964 prototype for the Block I Apollo Guidance Computer. The AGC is the flight computer for the Apollo moon landings, with one unit in the command module and one in the LEM.
bq. I built it in my basement. It took me 4 years.
His page then links to a couple mirrors where the documentation can be found. Several hundred ICs, point to point hand wiring. This is a big project...
Hat tip to
BoingBoing
Posted by DaveH at January 26, 2005 5:25 PM