My New NASA Minicomputer!

Usagi Electric December 31, 2023
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Welcome to Usagi Electric! On this channel, we dive into old school technology, focusing heavily on vacuum tubes. My primary goal is to build computing circuits based off the legendary machines of yesteryear, only with a slight modern twist. All the tubes will be operating with very low voltages on the plate, making the projects safe and easy to follow along with. So, lets grab our multimeters, some random tubes and a low voltage power supply and have fun! Usagi Electric covers one of my main passions, while my other main passion can be found over on Usagi Motors.

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A couple of months back, a very kind gentleman by the name of Godfrey reached out and asked if I wanted to take a crack at restoring an old minicomputer he had. After seeing the pictures, I was 100% on-board, because not only is this Data 620 a brilliant, transistorized machine, it also happens to have come from NASA. Being built in 1965 or 1966, it was used at NASA right through the entirety of the Apollo program, so it’s entirely possible this big, blue, beautiful beast actually contributed to sending people to the moon! You can find the brochure here: https://archive.org/details/TNM_Data_620-I_computer_-_Data_Machines_Decision__20180115_0061/mode/2up If you want to support the channel please hop over to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/usagielectric Also, we now have some epic shirts for sale! https://my-store-11554688.creator-spring.com Come join us on Discord and Twitter! Discord: https://discord.gg/p7UsfHD Twitter: https://twitter.com/UsagiElectric Intro Music adapted from: Artist: The Runaway Five Title: The Shinra Shuffle https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01847 Thanks for watching! Chapters 0:00 Welcome Mr. 620! 1:55 Stripping and repainting 4:47 Reassembly 8:04 Rearranging the room 9:14 Looking dapper 11:08 A dive through the brochure 17:40 Memory Power Supply 19:18 I/O Control 21:10 Core Memory 23:31 Front Panel 25:54 Central Processor 28:54 Hellorld NASA-kun! 32:51 Happy Fuzzy New Year!

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