Disassembly of the Apollo Guidance Computer Eldon C. Hall MIT/Instrumentation Lab 2004 MAPLD International Conference September 8-10, 2004 Washington, D.C.

APOLLO GUIDANCE COMPUTER (AGC) & DISPLAY and KEYBOARD (DSKY)

COMMAND MODULE (CM) Lower Equipment Bay during assembly Lower Equipment Bay during assembly

APOLLO GUIDANCE COMPUTER MEMORY TRAY RIGHT LOGIC TRAY LEFT

SENSE AMPLIFIER ASSEMBLY WELDED-CORDWOOD CONSTRUCTION

Module prior to encapsulation

RAM module prior to encapsulation

APOLLO GUIDANCE COMPUTER MEMORY TRAY RIGHT LOGIC TRAY LEFT

PHILCO SEMICONDUCTOR Dual nor gate

LOGIC MODULE Sub-assemblies & logic gates

APOLLO GUIDANCE COMPUTER MEMORY TRAY TOP LOGIC TRAY BOTTOM

CORE ROPE SCHEMATIC

ROPE MEMORY ROM module prior to encapsulation

APOLLO GIDANCE COMPUTER LOGIC TRAY INTERCONNECTIONS

COMMAND MODULE Main Control Panel

DSKY SUBASSEMBLIES