[HN Gopher] X-ray reverse-engineering a hybrid module from 1960s...
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       X-ray reverse-engineering a hybrid module from 1960s Apollo test
       equipment
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 60 points
       Date   : 2022-06-28 19:38 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | arriu wrote:
       | If only we could ask the engineer designed the module "why did
       | you design it this way"?
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       | Perhaps something to think about when writing code. It's not
       | always enough to know what it's doing. Leave a comment with the
       | why :)
        
         | KerrAvon wrote:
         | I guess the obvious next question is whether NASA has
         | documentation for this stuff which might be obtainable. (I
         | don't recall whether Ken has already answered this in some
         | other forum/thread.)
        
           | kens wrote:
           | Mike Stewart has made a huge effort to dig up Apollo
           | documentation from various archives. For the updata test box,
           | he eventually found a high-level functional specification. It
           | mostly confirmed what we had already figured out. We haven't
           | found any detailed information on this box, and nothing about
           | the internal modules. But maybe we'll be lucky and some will
           | turn out.
           | 
           | The virtual AGC site has links to a lot of Apollo documents,
           | with a focus on the AGC:
           | https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/links2.html
        
             | x5x wrote:
        
       | kens wrote:
       | Author here if anyone has questions about obscure 1960s
       | technology...
        
         | x5x wrote:
        
         | ThePowerOfFuet wrote:
         | You will never not get an upvote from me. Thank you for
         | everything that you do. I've been hooked since your USB power
         | supply teardowns!
        
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