In this gallery you are going to watch a series of short videos that will rush you through computing history.
Take some notes on key people: who they were, what they did and when they were working.
RANDOM FACT: when I was at school we had NO computers at all!
Early pioneers
Video
Punch cards to the moon!
Margaret Hamilton worked on the programs that took Apollo 11 to the moon. Programming meant punching holes in stacks of punch cards, which would be processed overnight in batches. Once the code was solid, it would be shipped off to a nearby facility where a group of women, ” threaded copper wires through magnetic rings (a wire going through a core was a 1; a wire going around the core was a 0). Forget about RAM or disk drives; on Apollo, memory was literally hardwired and very nearly indestructible.
If you have Amazon Prime, look up the film Hidden Figures.
Early Pioneers
Many people contributed to the development of computing devices.
Watch the video to find out more
Punch cards to the Moon!
Margaret Hamilton was part of the team that wrote the programs for Apollo 11. For Margaret programming meant punching holes in stacks of punch cards, which would be processed overnight on a giant computer that simulated the Apollo lander’s work. Once the code was solid, it would be shipped off to a nearby facility where a group of women, threaded copper wires through magnetic rings (a wire going through a core was a 1; a wire going around the core was a 0). Forget about RAM or disk drives; on Apollo, memory was literally hardwired and very nearly indestructible.
If you have Amazon Prime, look up the film Hidden Figures.
The Music Lesson
Margaret Hamilton worked on the programs that took Apollo 11 to the moon. Programming meant punching holes in stacks of punch cards, which would be processed overnight in batches. Once the code was solid, it would be shipped off to a nearby facility where a group of women, ” threaded copper wires through magnetic rings (a wire going through a core was a 1; a wire going around the core was a 0). Forget about RAM or disk drives; on Apollo, memory was literally hardwired and very nearly indestructible.
If you have Amazon Prime, look for the film Hidden Figures.
