Not because it is easy but because it is hard.
And then we'll recover them using stuff stored in someone's garage for 30 years or so.
Moonviews
Interesting documentary.
That recorder is a transverse scan rotating head machine, much like an instrumentation version of the Ampex quadruplex VTR.
Gosh.
And for the hardware enthusiasts, here's the Ampex FR-900 in all its glory.
Moonviews: Tapes and Drives Archives
It appears to be a transverse scan video recorder somewhat repurposed.
Here's the Ampex brochure for the FR-900.
Yours for a mere $300k in real uninflated 1965 $.
http://www.digitrakcom.com/literatur...ure%20FULL.pdf
And should you have a spare Saturn V hanging around somewhere, here's someone who can reverse engineer the computery out of it:
Welcome To The Lab Of An Apollo Computer Anatomist | Popular Science
Loved the antique Tek scopes.
It was all green fields around here when they were new.
And then we'll recover them using stuff stored in someone's garage for 30 years or so.
Moonviews
Interesting documentary.
That recorder is a transverse scan rotating head machine, much like an instrumentation version of the Ampex quadruplex VTR.
Gosh.
And for the hardware enthusiasts, here's the Ampex FR-900 in all its glory.
Moonviews: Tapes and Drives Archives
It appears to be a transverse scan video recorder somewhat repurposed.
Here's the Ampex brochure for the FR-900.
Yours for a mere $300k in real uninflated 1965 $.
http://www.digitrakcom.com/literatur...ure%20FULL.pdf
And should you have a spare Saturn V hanging around somewhere, here's someone who can reverse engineer the computery out of it:
Welcome To The Lab Of An Apollo Computer Anatomist | Popular Science
Loved the antique Tek scopes.
It was all green fields around here when they were new.
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