Disassembly of theApollo Guidance Computer

Eldon C. HallMIT/Instrumentation Lab

2004 MAPLD International ConferenceSeptember 8-10, 2004Washington, D.C.

APOLLO GUIDANCE COMPUTER (AGC) &

DISPLAY and KEYBOARD (DSKY)

COMMAND MODULE (CM)

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 TOPLOGIC 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