@vampiress I have a full-size #DSKY case 3D print already (for my #AGC display at the CBR vintage computer expo) & am aiming to have all the electronics done for the next one – if you want one let me know & I’ll just double the parts order for the stuff I can’t get printed 💁‍♀️

(I also still have a few spare super-cute mini-DSKYs left, let me know if you want one & we’ll make it happen 🙃)

DSKY is always so neat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA0l_xvBmug

For those impatient: zoom to 14:14 for more action, (and well, 17:01 for turning the thing on)

#DSKY #Apollo #CuriousMarc

Ever heard of DSKY? I hadn't, until @JeroenBaten talked about it @hackerhotel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

#retrocomputing to the max. Merci!

#hackerhotel #dsky #apollo

Apollo DSKY - part 1: we have a real (and broken) DSKY! - CuriousMarc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB4x6Uy50sY

«Thanks to Marcel, we have a real DSKY in the lab. It has a few issues though...».

#Computers #RetroComputing #Apollo #DSKY

It’s sometimes amusing to listen to some of the air to ground transmission on the #Apollo flights. A lot of the chatter is the #astronauts talking about #poo, actually #p00, with no hint of adolescent smirking, like this gem on #Apollo12:
109:46:48 Conrad: And, Houston, whenever you’re ready, we’re ready to give you P00 and Data.
P00 was the quiescent state of the #Guidance #Computer where it was ready to receive instructions and data either from the #DSKY #keyboard or #Houston.

#NASA

The #Apollo Display-Keyboard interface, or #DSKY (disky) provided a way for the Apollo astronauts to interact with the guidance computer and enter commands.
The #AGC was one of the first #computers to use integrated circuits. One was installed on both the Apollo #spacecraft and the Lunar Module.
This AGC was used on the #Apollo10 mission and is on display at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex.

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