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Hanging Out With Someone Who Walked On The Moon | Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2015/05/11/hanging-out-with-someone-who-walked-on-the-moon
August 21, 2016. Hanging Out With Someone Who Walked On The Moon. Gregory L. Charvat. May 11, 2015. Lunar dune buggy rides, piloting the most powerful machine made by humankind, stuck thrusters, landing, eating, sleeping, and working on the moon. It does not get any more exciting than the Apollo program! I was recently given the opportunity to sit in on the MIT course, Engineering Apollo: the Moon Project as a Complex System. Where I met David Scott. David Scott flew on Gemini 8. Re-entry began over Afri...
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Vintage Computers At Maker Faire | Hackaday
http://hackaday.com/2015/05/17/vintage-computers-at-maker-faire
August 22, 2016. Vintage Computers At Maker Faire. May 17, 2015. It’s no secret that Maker Faire is highly geared toward the younger crowd. This doen’t mean the Faire is completely devoid of the historic; the Bay Area Maker Faire is right in the heart of the beginnings of the computer industry, and a few of the booths are showing off exactly how far computers have come over the last forty years. Vince Briel] of Briel Computers. Made an appearance, but the crown jewel is [Vince]’s Superboard III. Steve Jo...
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Wire Wrap 101 | Hackaday
http://hackaday.com/2014/12/18/wire-wrap-101
August 22, 2016. December 18, 2014. That many of my writings start with Back in the day . Not wanting to disappoint I will say that back in the day we used to use wire wrap technology when we needed a somewhat solid, somewhat reliably assembly. Given a readable schematic a good tech could return a working or near-working unit in a day or two depending on the completeness and accuracy of the schematic. Another important You will also hear me harp on good power and ground layout; stubs or lengths of power ...