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How many kilobytes of RAM did the Apollo 11 guidance computer have when it landed humans on the Moon?
Answer
4 kilobytes
Its read-only software was literally woven by hand: workers threaded wires through magnetic cores, a product programmers nicknamed 'LOL memory' — for Little Old Ladies.
Source: NASA / Wikipedia (Apollo Guidance Computer, Core rope memory)
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