CuriousMarc | Apollo Comms Part 9: Mystery Up-Data Link Test Set @CuriousMarc | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 3 days ago
Marcel rescued a mystery box from the scrapper. Says "Up-Data" on it, we think it's from the Apollo program. Can Master Ken figure out what it is?

More videos on the Apollo Up-data box:
Sending Apollo Commands with the Up-data box: youtu.be/sv0aFLQvFxc
Reimplementing the missing analog parts: youtu.be/iegf7ZU6ciM

Apollo Comms Playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=v49ucdZcx9s&list=PL-_93BVApb58SXL-BCv4rVHL-8GuC2WGb

Fran's video on the edge-lit display:
youtu.be/J2xAetY9O1E

Links to doc:
curiousmarc.com/space/apollo-s-band-communications
virtualagc.github.io/virtualagc/QuestForInfo.html
ibiblio.org/apollo

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00:00 Recap of previous episodes
01:12 How Marcel found the up-data box
02:29 Ken's overall functional description
04:15 Edge illuminated displays
05:23 Mysterious Motorola modules
06:52 Missing components
08:10 Initial power up attempts
10:05 Repairing the paper tape reader
12:11 Tally tape reader demo
13:26 First instrumented tests
16:23 We are missing a clock
18:30 Control tape encoding scheme
20:12 First tape reads
23:05 Reading in the correct digits!
25:10 Next steps