People also forget that most of the actual calculations were done on paper first; the computers were basically just executing precalculated instructions.
These are multiple printouts of the code.
The computer did not only execute precalculated instruction. (This would be a sequencer BTW.). Try it yourself
AGC.
People also forget that most of the actual calculations were done on paper first; the computers were basically just executing precalculated instructions.
This is the stack of code used for the navigation software for the Apollo program.
(Fun fact: standing next to it is Margaret Hamilton, director of NASA’s Software Engineering Division & the lead of the team who wrote that code.)
These are multiple printouts of the code. The computer did not only execute precalculated instruction. (This would be a sequencer BTW.). Try it yourself AGC.
That is pretty cool. I might try it tonight since I’m at work right now. Thanks!
Though, to be fair, I did say that most of the code was precalculated.