(how did they go to the moon with that silly computer..although they spend alot of money to upgrade their computer(did u see special effect movie on the 1969 that look like documenter film)..coz in 1969 human tecnology..***..i can't imagine it..LOL..but maybe i'll except if human got landing on the moon right now..not in 1969..LOL)
2007-04-24 17:08:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I was using a computer in 1965 in college. It was an IBM 1620. We used Fortran to program it to solve calculus problems. I think you have a wrong idea of what computers could do in the past. Yes, an Intel 386 could do more than the computer used at NASA to control the moon mission, but that doesn't mean that it didn't significantly help the people at mission control.
2007-04-24 18:32:29 · answer #1 · answered by smartprimate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What exactly is your question? The computer technology of 1969 is not quite reduced to the level of your calculator. Moreover, the way computers were used in 1969 was mainly limited to crunching numbers, which it did well as long as you could speak the language (when was the last time you saw a FORTRAN program)?
2007-04-25 00:15:54 · answer #2 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋