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She wrote all this code by hand to take humanity to the Moon (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Did you know that programs for the Apollo guidance computer were woven, by hand, in to Core Rope Memory modules?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's a really cool demonstration of using Core Rope to make a drum synthesizer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zytjONYkU94

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is wild. Already sent to a friend who's deep on old-school analog synths. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

i thought you were making some weird joke.... turns out to be the most incredibly interesting thing i have read maybe ever.

awesome!