Apollo Guidance Computer Part 14: Bringing up fixed rope memory

We bring up the first memory section, fixed core rope memory. This is the "ROM" that holds the programs. Although based on ferrite cores, this is read-only and very different from the erasable core memory. Our AGC actually did not come with flight rope modules, but instead with a pair of Raytheon boxes used during development for simulating the final ropes. Unfortunately these boxes are undocumented and of much lesser build quality than the flight hardware, which should keep us on our toes. Thanks to our sponsors Samtec for the connector pins and PCBway for the monitor PCB: https://www.pcbway.com Full video of Mike's explanation here: https://youtu.be/NNlgJ52wuGE Some relevant links: Playlist of the restoration series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb59FWrLZfdlisi_x7-Ut_-w7 Block I AGC period documentary: https://youtu.be/ndvmFlg1WmE Inertial navigation system documentary: https://youtu.be/wD97RSpiZe0 Schematics: https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/links.html#AGC_electrical_schematics and: https://archive.org/details/agc_handbook_jp2 Mike's AGC backplane viewer: http://apolloguidance.computer/2003100_071/pins AGC software repo: https://github.com/virtualagc/virtualagc The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk: https://youtu.be/xx7Lfh5SKUQ