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In my opinion it is the most important circuit board in history - and I examine in detail this historic relic from my own personal collection. The LVDC is a strangely obscure footnote in the history of computing, yet it represents some of the greatest leaps that computers ever took. I have spent a good portion of my life designing printed circuit boards, so I have a perspective on this magnificent artifact that I will do my best to convey in this video. But there is so much about this board and its history that I simply do not know - and I hope that some of you who watch this can add insight into the mysteries of the Saturn V Launch Vehicle Digital Computer. Thanks for watching!
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For my analysis of this Saturn V LVDC board and more of my writings on engineering here - http://www.frantone.com/designwritings/design_writings_LVDC.html #LVDCcode
More documentation online about the LVDC:
http://www.spaceaholic.com/lunar_modu...
http://ibiblio.org/apollo/Documents/L...
http://ibiblio.org/apollo/Documents/L...
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Email:info @frantone.com
In my opinion it is the most important circuit board in history - and I examine in detail this historic relic from my own personal collection. The LVDC is a strangely obscure footnote in the history of computing, yet it represents some of the greatest leaps that computers ever took. I have spent a good portion of my life designing printed circuit boards, so I have a perspective on this magnificent artifact that I will do my best to convey in this video. But there is so much about this board and its history that I simply do not know - and I hope that some of you who watch this can add insight into the mysteries of the Saturn V Launch Vehicle Digital Computer. Thanks for watching!
Donate to help fund my YouTube Channel at http://www.frantone.com
For my analysis of this Saturn V LVDC board and more of my writings on engineering here - http://www.frantone.com/designwritings/design_writings_LVDC.html #LVDCcode
More documentation online about the LVDC:
http://www.spaceaholic.com/lunar_modu...
http://ibiblio.org/apollo/Documents/L...
http://ibiblio.org/apollo/Documents/L...
Fran's Daily Updates blog: http://www.contourcorsets.com/daily/d...
Email:info @frantone.com
Thanks!
While this comment is now 10 years old as I watched it, I feel that I should make this comment… my purpose is to demonstrate just how fast computer technology has progressed since these boards were made (and, yes, I was around back in ‘63…) I watched this on my iPad computer which is 0.24 inch (6.35 mm). I’m still reeling from the implication.
I am not sure at a technical level, but something in the back of my dusty mind someone said, that was a componebt of the launch vehicl that was built into the staging rings od the rocket, when the staging occured, the computer that was integral to the staging rings themseves, was sacrificed when staging occured by design, it was super heavy duty because it had to withstand a BUNCH of vibratuion, I beleive you are right about it being a really important part of the evolution of modern computers, yes, they built it for one purpose, reliably getting a man on the moon and rthen safely back to the earth, neat score to find that computer board, it would be really cool to be able to see what is actually hard wired intto the chips, because it was, probably, instructuions having to do with "I have recived a command, my mission is nowe done, I help coordinate the blowing of an explosive bolt connecting stages, and my job is done. (boom)…Wow Fran, Great Job!!
You need to talk to Destin over at Smarter Everyday. He's got great contacts at NASA that would know all about that board.
damnnnnn i am in loveeeeee u.u
Beautiful finding, sure this was the father or the grandpa of the SMD technology, but these circuits weren't not commercial???
Greetings from Brazil!!!
oh my.. she has always been cute…
Muito bom , parabéns , gostaria de ver estas placas de perto, uma parte da história.
Parabéns em apresentar
Damn! Fran is smokin hot !!! OOw oooooh!! sorry
I have seen similar boards or very similar ones, either at Radio Rally meetups in the 1970' and also in Computer museums. There is a very nice museum in The Netherlands that used to have some examples I believe. At some point I had a computer systems design manual that covered many exotic architectures from the era, sadly long since gone. I think it was either Wiley or Prentice Hall. Just did a search and found a very nice blog post on Ken Shirriff's blog with a lot of info and plenty of links relating to the LVDC designs.
It really is amazing to see the board, and crazy to think about the design and engineering that went into it.
Thank you for showing it to us and a very nice channel you have here. All the best.
Hey classic Fran!
I’m going to keep an eye out for that board on the eBay.