{"id":27574,"date":"2012-04-25T14:18:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T20:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/25\/memmmmmmory-like-the-core-rope-of-your-mind.html"},"modified":"2012-04-25T14:18:50","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T20:18:50","slug":"memmmmmmory-like-the-core-rope-of-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/25\/memmmmmmory-like-the-core-rope-of-your-mind.html","title":{"rendered":"Memmmmmmory &#8230; like the core rope of your mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;d never heard of core rope memory before (more <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Core_rope_memory\" >http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Core_rope_memory<\/a>), but it&#39;s fascinating stuff, as is this effort to collect source code and documentation from the Apollo and Gemini programs.<\/p>\n<p>For those of us who were around back then, it&#39;s astonishing how (relatively) crude the tech was.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/kottke.org\/12\/04\/source-code-for-apollo-and-gemini-programs'>Source code for Apollo and Gemini programs<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAn extensive collection gathered from all over the internet of the source code and documentation for NASA&#39;s Apollo and Gemini prog\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/goY93WmBNSi' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;d never heard of core rope memory before (more http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Core_rope_memory), but it&#39;s fascinating stuff, as is this effort to collect source code and documentation from the Apollo and Gemini programs. For those of us who were around back then, it&#39;s astonishing how (relatively) crude the tech was. Embedded Link Source code for Apollo and Gemini &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/25\/memmmmmmory-like-the-core-rope-of-your-mind.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Memmmmmmory &#8230; like the core rope of your mind&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27618,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/27\/gemini.html","url_meta":{"origin":27574,"position":0},"title":"Gemini","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 27-Apr-12 9:21am","format":false,"excerpt":"In some ways, the Gemini program was the space program for me, growing up. 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