[pomian]

Another chance to recommend a book that I learnt about from HN: I highly recommend the book, Sunburst and Luminary; http://www.sunburstandluminary.com/SLhome.html

A technical pleasure and also very good glimpse into the Apollo team - working together, to land on the moon. It is a fun easy read, written by the fellow in charge of programming the guidance computer on the lunar lander. It is also a great snapshot of that time in history, the excitement of Apollo, and with the frustration of the Vietnam war going on, some protests, etc. Just a hint - the main programmer, was an English major, and his use of the right words, were a key factor in the success of of creating an efficient and effective computer language

[satiated_grue]

Right after that book came out, the author (Don Eyles) gave this excellent talk at the Vintage Computer Festival East in Wall, NJ.

The various VCF events have had a great deal of excellent AGC content over the years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ecR4qc9Rig

[firesteelrain]

Thank you - added to my wishlist