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The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation (Springer Praxis Books)
by Frank O'Brien
ISBN: 1441908765
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If you like this, you may also like this book that goes into crazy detail about the design and architecture of the AGC:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Apollo-Guidance-Computer-Architect...

See also Fran's pages; she does some reverse engineering with X ray micrographs:

http://www.frantone.com/designwritings/design_writings_LVDC....

kqr2 · 2014-10-29 · Original thread
For those interested, there is also a fascinating book The Apollo Guidance Computer : Architecture and Operation

http://www.apolloguidancecomputer.com/index.html

http://www.amazon.com/The-Apollo-Guidance-Computer-Architect...

sytelus · 2014-04-28 · Original thread
While looking at this another book came up in Amazon's recommendation: The Apollo Guidance Computer Architecture. Luckily almost whole books is available for reading in Amazon't Look Inside feature: http://www.amazon.com/The-Apollo-Guidance-Computer-Architect...
hvs · 2013-07-19 · Original thread
For those interested in this subject, I highly recommend "The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation":

http://www.amazon.com/The-Apollo-Guidance-Computer-Architect...

John Pultorak built a Block I AGC (think "version 1") and provides all of his work in the Public Domain here:

http://klabs.org/history/build_agc/

I think most of us would love to see your take on that. However, in case anyone's interested, a book like that does already exist:

http://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Guidance-Computer-Architecture-...

I haven't bought it yet but it's in my wishlist pending an Xmas purchase ;-)