Other than gaining satisfaction from the historical importance of this code is there any conceivable way we can get some use of it - like try it out.
Even setting that aside, what is it I'm looking at? Assembly?
Even setting that aside, what is it I'm looking at? Assembly?
It's derived from Ron Burkey's unmaintained Virtual AGC at http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/, which also hosts many of the manuals and related documents.
But if you really want to be cool, you could build a real AGC from scratch: http://klabs.org/history/build_agc/
I feel like the source is likely clearer than that interface...
AGC Assembly. Here's the manual: http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/assembly_language_manual.html
I wonder whether there's any way of getting it into one of the autopilots for Kerbal Space Program.
Notably, it includes some unmanned auto-running missions, and some fictional missions, including a hypothetical manned flyby of Venus using the AGC.