Editing Apollo Guidance Computer (section)

== Source code release ==
In 2003, Ron Burkey initiated the Virtual AGC Project, aiming to recover the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) source code and build a functional emulator.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Burkey|first1=Ron|title=VirtualAGC|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/|website=iBiblio|access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AGC source code collection on Github, maintained by iBiblio|website=[[GitHub]]|url=https://github.com/virtualagc/virtualagc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507091417/https://github.com/virtualagc/virtualagc|archive-date=7 May 2021}} [https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/directory/?origin_url=https://github.com/virtualagc/virtualagc Alt URL]</ref> As part of this project, the original code, transcribed and digitized from 1960s hard copies,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archiving and referencing the Apollo source code|url=https://www.softwareheritage.org/2019/07/20/archiving-and-referencing-the-apollo-source-code/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=www.softwareheritage.org|language=en-US}}</ref> was made available through the [http://ibiblio.org/apollo/index.html Virtual AGC Project] and [[MIT Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Virtual AGC Home Page|url=http://ibiblio.org/apollo/index.html|access-date=2021-09-09|website=ibiblio.org}}</ref> This effort gained renewed attention in mid-2016 when former NASA intern Chris Garry uploaded the code to GitHub, generating significant media attention.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Collins|first1=Keith|title=The code that took America to the moon was just published to GitHub, and it's like a 1960s time capsule|url=http://qz.com/726338/the-code-that-took-america-to-the-moon-was-just-published-to-github-and-its-like-a-1960s-time-capsule/|website=Quartz|date=9 July 2016 |access-date=19 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Garry|first1=Chris|title=Original Apollo 11 Guidance Computer (AGC) source code for the command and lunar modules|url=https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/|website=GitHub|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412083345/https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11|archive-date=12 April 2021}} [https://archive.softwareheritage.org/badge/origin/https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/ Alt URL]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Apollo 11's source code is now on GitHub|url=https://www.engadget.com/2016-07-10-apollo-11-source-code-on-github.html|access-date=2021-09-09|website=Engadget|date=10 July 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref>