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Post #AwMgUqB3NmrYMw2RW4 by [email protected] |
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We obtained a mysterious box of 1960s electronics. I reverse-engineered it and … |
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Post #AwMgV3V1qpZ7geU4xM by [email protected] |
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This box has thirteen orange digits at the top, which look like Nixie tubes. Bu… |
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Post #AwMgVApqZpNSRFHIsS by [email protected] |
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The box uses an old style of electronics that predates integrated circuits. Eac… |
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Post #AwMgVHfp9UWFeBdtj6 by [email protected] |
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The modules were mounted on circuit boards in rows with a module-sized gap in b… |
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Post #AwMgVKsLFPJZZsWR9c by [email protected] |
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How could I find out what's inside these sealed modules and what they do? I… |
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Post #AwMgVNyTj30RBmPsdU by [email protected] |
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This test box sent test messages to the Up-Data Link box (below). The UDL (belo… |
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Post #AwMgVRk5iTsGsJiRlY by [email protected] |
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The test box displayed success or errors on its lights, showing status for the … |
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Post #AwMgVUJc9NTgr4LqPg by [email protected] |
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For more information on Apollo's Up-Data Link and this test box, see my blo… |
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Post #AwMkVyxKd3DvhZQ6D2 by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Very interesting, thank you 😀 |
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Post #AwMno7ryWiVUQDG2am by [email protected] |
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And if you prefer videos, check out CuriousMarc's extensive series on this … |
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Post #AwMno7yi7ftWl6PQ5g by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff It has to be mentioned that the AGC restoration series is fairly e… |
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Post #AwNFSImM5C8KbP0jYW by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff wow, they got it so even...@armyofevilrobots every tried your lase… |
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Post #AwSud1Y7YA3KGJNrDE by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff I love seeing stuff like this! |
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Post #AwSudFxRymdGwvLHdY by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff I definitely thought those were nixies from the look and age. Are … |
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Post #AwSudG4tX6aTK0pEEy by [email protected] |
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@wikkit @kenshirriff Incandescent. Fran Blanche did a proper deep dive on one o… |
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Post #AwSudRqRmeA1og9rO4 by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Loving the Nixie tubes!Did you have to replace any? |
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Post #AwSudRxXMHpeAfTWRE by [email protected] |
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@thomasadam @RolfBly Although the digits look like Nixie tubes, they are a diff… |
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Post #AwSudf08rudkcVnHns by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff hah! And to think we thought we'd invented this edge-lit techn… |
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Post #AwSudf7wOusX0hRVxY by [email protected] |
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@scruss @kenshirriff Exactly my thoughts! |
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Post #AwSudgHu5MRSbt6z7w by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Nixie tube—it's a thing of beauty and elegance.😍 |
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Post #AwSudmzj9L3tPXf4Ge by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Looks like a loading dock from 'Inception'. 😄 |
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Post #AwSueuu9E4BwEVabI0 by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Oh, nice! I didn't even know that this technique was used in t… |
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Post #AwSuev2IjkiIdnP6zw by [email protected] |
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@flxtr @kenshirriff I don't know the vintage of the controls, but when I to… |
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Post #AwSugGhHgfoU6wDVtw by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Good heavens! |
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Post #AwSugIHTnaMP1U9vxQ by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff So sort of like flipchips but more compact? |
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Post #AwSugdHBjrba8fBUv2 by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff I was wondering how you recognised the parts, but on closer scruti… |
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Post #AwSuhBBLg58VIOiJXM by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Similar tech was once used in laptop keyboard backlights. Thin edg… |
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Post #AwSuhQQmyxOqad3MBc by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff I first encountered modules as 2 x 1″ devices in Centralab in ma… |
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@kenshirriff how has nobody made a "what's updata / not muchdata"… |
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Post #AwSuidYVff8haIF58K by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff so a slightly (but only slightly) more advanced version of these, … |
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Post #AwSuie6BeS4tGjzycq by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff @RogerBW oh, and after wondering for several years what became of … |
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Post #AwSujH4QkuqW8aTcno by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff I am properly interested here.I can't find it now but during l… |
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Post #AwSujbfKBSF20ntN5M by [email protected] |
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@helvick @kenshirriff Interesting thanks. The infinity mirror effect increasing… |
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Post #AwSukRCOaFzxq8l0DI by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff One video I'd like to see one day, even if I understand it'… |
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Post #AwSulOKajQbxEe2sgC by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriffThese line drawings are always gorgeous and this one isn't an e… |
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Post #AwSumxqAC8V9eeYxrE by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff those are so beautiful! Very nice, thanks for sharing! |
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Post #AwSunIeWoafkCeHT8a by [email protected] |
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@bytebro This is the video series on the Apollo Guidance Computer: https://www.… |
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Post #AwSunZAJQBbTPrH4ts by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Oooo nixy tubes! |
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Post #AwSuqMyHDPMcSuyvIW by [email protected] |
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@bytebro @tubetime @CuriousMarc @kenshirriff Ken was part of that group. ;) |
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Post #AwSus3QupQ4ERrBGNM by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff @CuriousMarc @tubetime The digit display is interesting!Not seen t… |
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Post #AwSusCWv0TDUf53gTw by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Thank you for yet another presentation of one of your incredible f… |
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Post #AwSusIIFZv34XKF3S4 by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Trying this picture out as my desktop background |
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Post #AwSusIQ36vHqvVtHbk by [email protected] |
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@obot50549535 I was thinking this would go well in 256 colours as the backgroun… |
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Post #AwSusr8Y1z5GbMyIgi by [email protected] |
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@magnetic_tape @kenshirriff I am looking with my mouth open at those two gyro a… |
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Post #AwSuu4ugIR9LcN4Icq by [email protected] |
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@gsuberland @kenshirriff Data: “as we are located in deep space, you will hav… |
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Post #AwSuvrqFrmYzemqpdY by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff absolutely fascinating, thank you! |
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Post #AwSuw4srNPN66dAb0C by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff @CuriousMarc @tubetimeThat was a fascinating read. Thank you! It&#… |
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Post #AwSuw8ALAs8YHiN6AK by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Can you even imagine the lead-time and design-freeze discipline ne… |
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Post #AwSuxg02rkwXVaIERk by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Very cool! |
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@kenshirriff Looks like a cordwood module (components sandwiched between two PC… |
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@kenshirriff Those gates remind me of some pneumatic gates I've worked with… |
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The most curious part to me is that the only security measure this whole system… |
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Post #AwSv1E0KtTtbqC7ZRY by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff @CuriousMarc @tubetime That was fascinating reading. Thanks to all… |
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Post #AwSv1q0fagk3iEZNEu by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff So cool! |
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@kenshirriff @CuriousMarc @tubetime After all those years, still running😳And… |
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Post #AwSv2p2uexmV0r5Whk by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Now I kinda want @TechConnectify to make a video about these displ… |
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Post #AwSv2pCU5NRBUXZAci by [email protected] |
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@K4mpfie @kenshirriff @TechConnectify I scrolled down to find this comment afte… |
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Post #AwSv45L1ZUcBpcA5lQ by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Nixie digits!!! 😃👍 |
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@kenshirriff woha! That’s some serious divergence! #steinsgatehttps://en.wiki… |
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@kenshirriff what in the actual? How in the world did you procure this monument… |
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@markwyner A friend of ours found it in a surplus warehouse. |
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@kenshirriff oh, right. Okay. I just skimmed your article about it. I was too b… |
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@kenshirriff this is flicking fascinating. What would you say the computational… |
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@EtherNRhum Interesting question. It looks like a computer, but it's really… |
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@kenshirriff so effectively, next to no cpu power, just a relay/display so the … |
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@kenshirriff @bytebro and the up data link test box is already up and running a… |
