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    From David Lesher@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 4 15:09:22 2021
    Just read Don Eyles' book on writing the code for the LM Guidance
    Computer.

    I recommend it for anyone interested in the Guidance Computer and
    the people who made it perform amazing feats.

    It's solely about the LM code; I'd love a book that discussed
    the Executive in similar detail.
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  • From Snidely@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 15 16:38:14 2021
    Friday, David Lesher quipped:
    Just read Don Eyles' book on writing the code for the LM Guidance
    Computer.

    I recommend it for anyone interested in the Guidance Computer and
    the people who made it perform amazing feats.

    It's solely about the LM code; I'd love a book that discussed
    the Executive in similar detail.

    What is "the Executive"?

    There's a thread in SSP about the githubbing of Apollo 11 code, and in
    it Jeff Findley posted book references in this message:

    <URL:https://groups.google.com/g/sci.space.policy/c/eswP2irYt0s/m/hVAnO-WyAwAJ>

    Here in SSH, there was a poster who had worked on Apollo code (IIRC),
    and he contributed articles (both SSH and print, again IIRC). Most
    likely before 2014.

    /dps

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  • From David Lesher@21:1/5 to Snidely on Mon Aug 16 02:04:06 2021
    Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> writes:

    It's solely about the LM code; I'd love a book that discussed
    the Executive in similar detail.

    What is "the Executive"?


    The operating system, in effect. It was the Executive that, when
    out of resources, dumped jobs as required, issuing the famous
    1201 and 1202 alarms.


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    A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com
    & no one will talk to a host that's close..........................
    Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
    is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433

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  • From Snidely@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 16 01:08:18 2021
    On Sunday, David Lesher pointed out that ...
    Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> writes:

    It's solely about the LM code; I'd love a book that discussed
    the Executive in similar detail.

    What is "the Executive"?


    The operating system, in effect. It was the Executive that, when
    out of resources, dumped jobs as required, issuing the famous
    1201 and 1202 alarms.

    Okay, I had forgotten that term was used, but here's Ars Technica's
    take:

    <URL:https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/no-a-checklist-error-did-not-almost-derail-the-first-moon-landing/>

    /dps

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  • From Snidely@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 16 01:11:41 2021
    Snidely speculated:
    On Sunday, David Lesher pointed out that ...
    Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> writes:

    It's solely about the LM code; I'd love a book that discussed
    the Executive in similar detail.

    What is "the Executive"?


    The operating system, in effect. It was the Executive that, when
    out of resources, dumped jobs as required, issuing the famous
    1201 and 1202 alarms.

    Okay, I had forgotten that term was used, but here's Ars Technica's take:

    <URL:https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/no-a-checklist-error-did-not-almost-derail-the-first-moon-landing/>

    Including a link to Frank O'Brien's book.

    /dps

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  • From Snidely@21:1/5 to After serious thinking David Lesher on Thu Nov 4 01:24:30 2021
    After serious thinking David Lesher wrote :
    Just read Don Eyles' book on writing the code for the LM Guidance
    Computer.

    I recommend it for anyone interested in the Guidance Computer and
    the people who made it perform amazing feats.

    It's solely about the LM code; I'd love a book that discussed
    the Executive in similar detail.

    On your recommendation, I obtained the book, but I'm reading another
    history book at the moment so I can't comment too much beyond high
    school.

    -d

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