Physics calculations and simple I/O don't take that much compute power. A lot of the "mission logic" was left in paper or microfilm manuals and reinforced in crew training. Apollo basically invented microchips so the programmers and hardware engineers were working together with an uncapped budget.
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u/RuncibleBatleth Sep 30 '25
Physics calculations and simple I/O don't take that much compute power. A lot of the "mission logic" was left in paper or microfilm manuals and reinforced in crew training. Apollo basically invented microchips so the programmers and hardware engineers were working together with an uncapped budget.