Re: From The Earth To Lunar Lander

Wonder how you're gonna get rom dumps? Can't exactly read that Rope memory
with a needham's PB-10.. :)

Is the full source available? In one of the page links there was discussion
of the Apollo disaster report having complete schematics and listings. Is
the report still available? It would be cool to get the three binder set.
(which has the full plans for the Apollo capsule..)

Kurt

> It did get me thinking, though, that a neat 'new' vector game to write would
> be an actual Apollo lander simulator, complete with a DSKY input interface.
> It would probably have to be simplified, but I think it would be interesting
> to have to program in a main burn, and then actually work on the landing
> with lateral jet bursts. You wouldn't even need a cockpit -- the actual
> Apollo astronauts landed while standing up !
>
> Oh -- and people are already discussing writing an emulator for the AGC.
>
> The Slashdot discussion is at:
> http://slashdot.org/articles/01/02/05/1637253.shtml
>
> The Article itself is at:
> http://www.ddj.com/columns/history/2001/0101hc/0101hc001.htm
>
>
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Received on Wed Feb 7 12:30:23 2001