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Running the Apollo 11 Guidance Code on Modern Hardware
Original: The Apollo 11 Code Is Open Source. So I Ran It
The original Apollo 11 onboard guidance computer code, which NASA released as open source, has been run and explored in a new project. The code, written in assembly for the Apollo Guidance Computer that steered the 1969 Moon landing, shows how engineers handled extreme hardware limits, including priority scheduling and a famous 1202 alarm during descent. Enthusiasts are praising it as a fascinating look at pioneering software engineering.
Why now: Renewed interest in space history and retro computing keeps drawing attention to the Apollo 11 source code being publicly available and runnable.
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