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[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 13 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 29 minutes ago) (1 children)

The spacecraft that took astronauts to the Moon used the Apollo Guidance Computer, developed by MIT's Instrumentation Laboratory.

Clock speed: Approximately 1 MHz
Memory: About 64 KB total
Word size: 16-bit architecture
Power consumption: About 55 watts

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago

...how does 36KB RAM and 72KB ROM give you a total of 64KB?