Posted by anthonyberet on 11/26/05 14:27

anthonyberet wrote:
> Hammerer wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>
>> I believe Sinclair, in their early propaganda, claimed that the ZX81
>> could
>> drive a nuclear power plant, let alone an incubator. They were idiots. I
>> wonder if they ever sold any to the Soviet nuclear industry?
>>
> Thats intersting - I looked up the Apollo guidance computer, sure that
> it would not outperform the ZX81, but in fact it had 32K ROM, 4K RAM,
> and was 16 bit.

oh yes, here is a good descriptive link, and the site of some nutter who
made an Apollo computer in his basement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

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

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