When the Apollo program was announced, NASA needed the most talented minds around, specifically those who were familiar with the newest technology that promised to revolutionize the world: computers.

Ever heard of Apollo Computer, Inc.? They were one of the first graphical workstation vendors in the 1980s, and at the time were competitors to Sun Microsystems. But that’s enou ...

The Apollo guidance computer, seen her in a fighter jet compartment for transportation, was one of the first computers designed with small size as an objective (Credit: Nasa) ...

caption:The DSKEY input module (right) shown alongside the Apollo Guidance Computer's main casing (left). Apollo 11 computer 100,000 times less powerful than iPhone used to mine Bitcoin https://en ...

The Apollo Guidance Computer is a marvel of not-exactly-modern technology. Not only did it fly us to the Moon, it's capable of mining Bitcoin.... slowly. By Joel Hruska July 10, 2019 ...

‘Our Apollo computer had 80k memory,’ he said. ‘We had five programmes and 80k memory and my mobile phone has 800,000 times the memory of my Apollo computer and it’s sitting in my pocket.

Once computers entered the Apollo fold, the work assigned expanded and shrunk and then contracting whenever software needed to fit the device's pathetic capacity By Colby Cosh Published Jul 19, 2019 ...