[Boatanchors] Very Interesting Listing

jeff jeffv at op.net
Mon Jul 20 23:43:16 EDT 2009


bdm0221 at aol.com wrote:
> Also reminds me after I just had a call on my cell phone.
> 
> The little device that has more computing power than the computers onboard 
> the mission to the moon 40 years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

...The Apollo flight computer was the first to use integrated circuits 
(ICs).

Bummer.  Tubes woulda sounded better.



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