On 2019-Mar-26, at 9:28 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: >> From: Ben Bfranchuk > >> Now they seem to have have found a SCRAPPED Apollo guidance >> computer and am rebuilding the missing pieces. > > Wow. What a great site (and that guy has mad skills, everything from > repairing old Teletypes, through designing boards, to repairing analog > stuff). Just 'wasted' a good chunk of the morning reading back through > it; tons of really neat things (including recovery of the very first > FORTH, along with a lot of Diablo drive - from the Alto - repairs). > > As a shortcut, here: > > http://rescue1130.blogspot.com/2018/11/ > > is the backstory on the AGC; about 1/3 of the way down, in "Restoring an > Apollo Guidance Computer, part V".
This is the same AGC restoration that curious marc has been making videos about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSahAoOLdU The project and videos were mentioned on the list back in December. There's an interview with Jimmie there (4:13) with more details about the backstory.