Source Code

These source-code files are part of a reconstructed copy of Comanche 051, the original release of the Apollo 11 Command Module (CM) Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) software.

The reconstruction began with source code of Comanche 055 previously transcribed from a digitized copy of that program. The code was then updated by undoing changes related to the R-2 lunar potential model, using hints from program comments and change-indicating asterisks in the Comanche 055 listing as a guide. The reconstruction was verified by matching memory-bank checksums to those listed in drawing 2021153D. Note that page numbers in the reconstructed code match those on the Comanche 055 printout, although the added code would likely have changed page numbers for a real Comanche 051 listing.

Comments from the original source code are prefixed with a single '#' symbol, whereas comments added later are prefixed by "##" or "###". Report any errors noted by creating an issue report at the Virtual AGC project's GitHub repository.

042722,000002:                                                                                                  ## Copyright:   Public domain.
042723,000003:                                                                                                  ## Filename:    TVCSTROKETEST.agc
042724,000004:                                                                                                  ## Purpose:     A section of Comanche revision 051.
042725,000005:                                                                                                  ##              It is part of the reconstructed source code for the
042726,000006:                                                                                                  ##              original release of the flight software for the Command
042727,000007:                                                                                                  ##              Module's (CM) Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) for Apollo 11.
042728,000008:                                                                                                  ##              The code has been recreated from a copy of Comanche 055. It
042729,000009:                                                                                                  ##              has been adapted such that the resulting bugger words
042730,000010:                                                                                                  ##              exactly match those specified for Comanche 51 in NASA drawing
042731,000011:                                                                                                  ##              2021153D, which gives relatively high confidence that the
042732,000012:                                                                                                  ##              reconstruction is correct.
042733,000013:                                                                                                  ## Reference:   pp. 979-983
042734,000014:                                                                                                  ## Assembler:   yaYUL
042735,000015:                                                                                                  ## Contact:     Ron Burkey <info@sandroid.org>.
042736,000016:                                                                                                  ## Website:     www.ibiblio.org/apollo/index.html
042737,000017:                                                                                                  ## Mod history: 2019-07-30 MAS  Created from Comanche 55.
042738,000018: 

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042740,000020:                                                                                                  #  NAME          STROKE TEST PACKAGE             (INCLUDING INITIALIZATION PACKAGE)
042741,000021:                                                                                                  #  LOG SECTION...TVCSTROKETEST                   SUBROUTINE...DAPCSM
042742,000022:                                                                                                  #  MODIFIED BY SCHLUNDT                          21 OCTOBER 1968
042743,000023: 
042744,000024:                                                                                                  #  FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION....
042745,000025:                                                                                                  #        STROKE TEST PACKAGE GENERATES A WAVEFORM DESIGNED TO EXCITE BENDING
042746,000026:                                                                                                  #        STRKTSTI (STROKE TEST INITIALIZATION) IS CALLED AS A JOB BY VB68.
042747,000027:                                                                                                  #                IT INITIALIZES ALL ERASABLES REQD FOR A STROKE TEST, AND
042748,000028:                                                                                                  #                THEN TESTS FOR CSM/LM (BIT 13 OF DAPDATR1). IF CSM/LM,
042749,000029:                                                                                                  #                IN EITHER HIGH OR LOW-BANDWIDTH MODE, THE TEST IS STARTED
042750,000030:                                                                                                  #                IMMEDIATELY.  IF NOT CSM/LM, PROGRAM EXITS WITH NO ACTION.
042751,000031:                                                                                                  #        HACK (STROKE TEST) GENERATES THE WAVEFORM BY DUMPING PULSE BURSTS
042752,000032:                                                                                                  #                OF PROPER SIGN AND IN PROPER SEQUENCE DIRECTLY INTO
042753,000033:                                                                                                  #                TVCPITCH, WORKING IN CONJUNCITON WITH BOTH PITCH AND YAW
042754,000034:                                                                                                  #                TVC DAPS, WITH INTERMEDIATE WAITLIST CALLS.  NOTE, HOWEVER
042755,000035:                                                                                                  #                THAT THE STROKE TEST IS PERFORMED ONLY IN THE PITCH AXIS.
042756,000036:                                                                                                  #                AN EXAMPLE WAVEFORM IS GIVEN BELOW, TO DEMONSTRATE STROKE-
042757,000037:                                                                                                  #                TEST PARAMETER SELECTION
042758,000038:                                                                                                  #        RESTARTS CAUSE TEST TO BE TERMINATED.  ANOTHER V68 REQD IF TEST
042759,000039:                                                                                                  #                IS TO BE RE-RUN.
042760,000040:                                                                                                  #        PULSE BURST SIZE IS PAD-LOADED (ESTROKER) SO THAT AMPLITUDE OF
042761,000041:                                                                                                  #                WAVEFORM CAN BE CHANGED.  THERE ARE TEN PULSE BURSTS IN
042762,000042:                                                                                                  #                THE HALF-AMPLITUDE OF THE FIRST FREQUENCY SET IN THE
042763,000043:                                                                                                  #                STANDARD WAVEFORM.  AMPLITUDE IS 10(ESTROKER)(1/42.15),
042764,000044:                                                                                                  #                NOMINALLY 50/42.15 = 1.185 DEG
042765,000045: 
042766,000046:                                                                                                  #  CALLING SEQUENCE....
042767,000047:                                                                                                  #        EXTENDED VERB 68 SETS UP STRKTSTI JOB
042768,000048:                                                                                                  #        PITCH AND YAW TVCDAPS, FINDING STROKER NON-ZERO, DO A ..TC HACK..
042769,000049:                                                                                                  #        AN INTERNALLY-GENERATED WAITLIST CALL ENTERS AT ..HACKWLST..
042770,000050: 
042771,000051:                                                                                                  #  NORMAL EXIT MODES....
042772,000052:                                                                                                  #        TC BUNKER (..Q.. IF ENTRY FROM DAP, ..TCTSKOVR.. IF FROM WAITLIST) LIST
042773,000053: 
042774,000054:                                                                                                  #  SUBROUTINES CALLED....
042775,000055:                                                                                                  #        WAITLIST
042776,000056: 
042777,000057:                                                                                                  #  ALARM OR ABORT EXIT MODES....
042778,000058:                                                                                                  #        NONE
042779,000059: 
042780,000060:                                                                                                  #  ERASABLE INITIALIZATION REQUIRED....
042781,000061:                                                                                                  #        ESTROKER (PAD-LOAD)
042782,000062:                                                                                                  #        STROKER, CADDY, REVS, CARD, N
042783,000063: 
042784,000064:                                                                                                  #  OUTPUT....
042785,000065:                                                                                                  #        STRKTSTI...INITIALIZATION FOR STROKE TEST
042786,000066:                                                                                                  #        HACK, HACKWLST...PULSE BURSTS INTO TVCPITCH VIA ..ADS..
042787,000067:                                                                                                  #                          RESETS STROKER = +0 WHEN TEST COMPLETED
042788,000068: 
042789,000069:                                                                                                  #  DEBRIS....
042790,000070:                                                                                                  #        N = CADDY = +0, CARD = -0, REVS = -1
042791,000071:                                                                                                  #        BUNKER

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042793,000073: 
042794,000074:                                                                                                  #  EXAMPLE STROKE TEST WAVE FORM, DEMONSTRATING PARAMETER SELECTION
042795,000075: 
042796,000076:                                                                                                  #  NOTE....THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL WAVEFORM....
042797,000077: 
042798,000078:                                                                                                  #         **              **
042799,000079:                                                                                                  #         **              **
042800,000080:                                                                                                  #         **              **             EXAMPLE WAVEFORM (EACH * REPRESENTS
042801,000081:                                                                                                  #        *  *            *  *                 85.41 ARCSEC OF ACTUATOR CMND)
042802,000082:                                                                                                  #        *  *            *  *
042803,000083:                                                                                                  #        *  *            *  *
042804,000084:                                                                                                  #       *    *          *    *          **      **      **      **      **
042805,000085:                                                                                                  #       *    *          *    *          **      **      **      **      **
042806,000086:                                                                                                  #       *    *          *    *          **      **      **      **      **
042807,000087:                                                                                                  #      *      *        *      *        *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *    **  **  **  **  **
042808,000088:                                                                                                  #      *      *        *      *        *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *    **  **  **  **  **
042809,000089:                                                                                                  #      *      *        *      *        *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *    **  **  **  **  **
042810,000090:                                                                                                  #  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
042811,000091:                                                                                                  #              *      *        *      *    *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *  **  **  **  **  **
042812,000092:                                                                                                  #              *      *        *      *    *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *  **  **  **  **  **
042813,000093:                                                                                                  #              *      *        *      *    *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *    *  *  **  **  **  **  **
042814,000094:                                                                                                  #               *    *          *    *      **      **      **      **      **
042815,000095:                                                                                                  #               *    *          *    *      **      **      **      **      **
042816,000096:                                                                                                  #               *    *          *    *      **      **      **      **      **
042817,000097:                                                                                                  #                *  *            *  *
042818,000098:                                                                                                  #                *  *            *  *
042819,000099:                                                                                                  #                *  *            *  *
042820,000100:                                                                                                  #                 **              **
042821,000101:                                                                                                  #                 **              **
042822,000102:                                                                                                  #                 **              **
042823,000103: 
042824,000104:                                                                                                  #  FOR THIS (UNOFFICIAL, EXAMPLE) WAVEFORM, THE REQUIRED PARAMETERS ARE AS FOLLOWS....
042825,000105: 
042826,000106:                                                                                                  #        FCARD    = +3           (NUMBER OF SETS)
042827,000107:                                                                                                  #        ESTROKER = +3           (PULSE BURST SIZE, SC.AT 85.41 ARCSEC/BIT)
042828,000108: 
042829,000109:                                                                                                  #        SET1..
042830,000110:                                                                                                  #                FREVS   = +3    (NUMBER REVERSALS MINUS 1)
042831,000111:                                                                                                  #                FCADDY  = +4    (NUMBER OF PULSE BURSTS IN 1/2 AMPLITUDE)
042832,000112:                                                                                                  #        SET2..
042833,000113:                                                                                                  #                FCARD1  = +9    (NUMBER REVERSALS MINUS 1)
042834,000114:                                                                                                  #                FCARD4  = +2    (NUMBER OF PULSE BURSTS IN 1/2 AMPLITUDE)
042835,000115:                                                                                                  #        SET3..
042836,000116:                                                                                                  #                FCARD2  = +9    (NUMBER REVERSALS MINUS 1)
042837,000117:                                                                                                  #                FCARD5  = +1    (NUMBER OF PULSE BURSTS IN 1/2 AMPLITUDE)
042838,000118:                                                                                                  #        SET4..
042839,000119:                                                                                                  #                FCARD3  = +0    (NUMBER REVERSALS MINUS 1)
042840,000120:                                                                                                  #                FCARD6  = +0    (NUMBER OF PULSE BURSTS IN 1/2 AMPLITUDE)
042841,000121: 

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042843,000123:                                                                                                  #  STROKE TEST INITIALIZATION PACKAGE (AS A JOB, FROM VERB 68)
042844,000124: 
042845,000125: 17,2552                                           BANK     17                                    
042846,000126: 20,2000                                           SETLOC   DAPS2                                 
042847,000127: 20,2000                                           BANK                                           
042848,000128: 
042849,000129: 20,3501                                           COUNT*   $$/STRK                               
042850,000130: 20,3501  E6,1655                                  EBANK=   CADDY                                 
042851,000131: 
042852,000132: 20,3501           03512        STRKTSTI           TCR      TSTINIT                               #  STROKE TEST INITIALIZATION PKG (CALLED
042853,000133:                                                                                                  #  AS A JOB BY VERB68)
042854,000134: 
042855,000135: 20,3502           00004        STRKCHK            INHINT                                         
042856,000136: 
042857,000137: 20,3503           31466                           CAE      DAPDATR1                              #  CHECK FOR CSM/LM CONFIGURATION
042858,000138: 20,3504           75002                           MASK     BIT14                                 
042859,000139: 20,3505           00006                           EXTEND                                         
042860,000140: 20,3506           13511                           BZF      +3                                    
042861,000141: 
042862,000142: 20,3507           31413                           CAE      ESTROKER                              #  BEGIN ON NEXT DAP PASS (PITCH OR YAW)
042863,000143: 20,3510           55574                           TS       STROKER                               #  (STROKING DONE IN PITCH ONLY, HOWEVER)
042864,000144: 
042865,000145: 20,3511           15217                           TCF      ENDOFJOB                              
042866,000146: 
042867,000147: 20,3512           43522        TSTINIT            CS       FCADDY                                #  NORMAL ENTRY FROM STRKTSTI
042868,000148: 20,3513           55655                           TS       CADDY                                 
042869,000149: 20,3514           55656                           TS       N                                     #        NOTE SGN CHNG FCADDY(+) TO CADDY(-)
042870,000150: 
042871,000151: 20,3515           33523                           CAF      FREVS                                 
042872,000152: 20,3516           55660                           TS       REVS                                  
042873,000153: 
042874,000154: 20,3517           43524                           CS       FCARD                                 #        NOTE SGN CHNG FCARD(+) TO CARD(-)
042875,000155: 20,3520           55661                           TS       CARD                                  
042876,000156: 
042877,000157: 20,3521           00002                           TC       Q                                     #  RETURN TO STRKTSTI+1 (OR CHKSTRK+2 OR +4)
042878,000158: 

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042880,000160:                                                                                                  #  THE OFFICIAL STROKE TEST WAVEFORM (3 JAN, 1967) CONSISTS OF FOUR STROKE SETS, AS FOLLOWS....
042881,000161: 
042882,000162:                                                                                                  #        SET 1...10 BURSTS IN 1/2 AMP,   4 REVERSALS
042883,000163:                                                                                                  #        SET 2... 6 BURSTS IN 1/2 AMP,   6 REVERSALS
042884,000164:                                                                                                  #        SET 3... 5 BURSTS IN 1/2 AMP,  10 REVERSALS
042885,000165:                                                                                                  #        SET 4... 4 BURSTS IN 1/2 AMP,  14 REVERSALS
042886,000166: 
042887,000167:                                                                                                  #  THE PULSE BURST SIZE (ESTROKER) IS PAD-LOADED (5 BITS AS OF 3 JAN, 1967)
042888,000168:                                                                                                  #  THE REMAINING WAVEFORM-GENERATING PARAMETERS ARE AS FOLLOWS....
042889,000169: 
042890,000170: 20,3522           00012        FCADDY             DEC      10         B-14                       #  NO. PULSE BURSTS IN 1/2 AMP, SET1..(+10)
042891,000171: 20,3523           00003        FREVS              DEC      3          B-14                       #  NO. REVERSALS MINUS 1, SET1........(  3)
042892,000172: 
042893,000173: 20,3524           00004        FCARD              DEC      4          B-14                       #  NO. STROKE SETS....................(+ 4)
042894,000174: 
042895,000175: 20,3525           00005        FCARD1             DEC      5          B-14                       #  NO. REVERSALS MINUS 1, SET2........(  5)
042896,000176: 
042897,000177: 20,3526           00011        FCARD2             DEC      9          B-14                       #                            3........(  9)
042898,000178: 20,3527           00015        FCARD3             DEC      13         B-14                       #                            4........( 13)
042899,000179: 
042900,000180: 20,3530           00006        FCARD4             DEC      6          B-14                       #  NO. PULSE BURSTS IN 1/2 AMP, SET2..(+ 6)
042901,000181: 20,3531           00005        FCARD5             DEC      5          B-14                       #                               SET3..(+ 5)
042902,000182: 20,3532           00004        FCARD6             DEC      4          B-14                       #                               SET4..(+ 4)
042903,000183: 
042904,000184: 20,3533     5016               20MS               =        BIT2                                  
042905,000185: 
042906,000186:                                                                                                  #  STROKE TEST PACKAGE PROPER....
042907,000187: 
042908,000188: 20,3533  E6,1657                                  EBANK=   BUNKER                                
042909,000189: 
042910,000190: 20,3533           00006        HACK               EXTEND                                         #  ENTRY (IN T5 RUPT) FROM TVCDAPS
042911,000191: 20,3534           23657                           QXCH     BUNKER                                #  SAVE Q FOR DAP RETURN
042912,000192: 
042913,000193: 20,3535           35016                           CAF      20MS                                  #  2DAPSX2(PASSES/DAP)X2(CS/PASS)=8CS=TVCDT
042914,000194: 20,3536           05245                           TC       WAITLIST                              
042915,000195: 20,3537  E6,1657                                  EBANK=   BUNKER                                
042916,000196: 20,3537           03542 40066                     2CADR    HACKWLST                              
042917,000197: 
042918,000198: 20,3541           13544                           TCF      +3                                    
042919,000199: 
042920,000200: 20,3542           34367        HACKWLST           CAF      TCTSKOVR                              #  ENTRY FROM WAITLIST
042921,000201: 20,3543           55657                           TS       BUNKER                                #  BUNKER IS TC TASKOVER
042922,000202: 
042923,000203: 20,3544           31574                           CA       STROKER                               #  STROKE
042924,000204: 20,3545           26054                           ADS      TVCPITCH                              
042925,000205: 
042926,000206: 20,3546           35005                           CAF      BIT11                                 #  RELEASE THE ERROR COUNTERS
042927,000207: 20,3547           00006                           EXTEND                                         
042928,000208: 20,3550           05014                           WOR      CHAN14                                
042929,000209: 20,3551           25655                           INCR     CADDY                                 #  COUNT DOWN THE NO. BURSTS, THIS SLOPE

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042931,000211: 20,3552           41655                           CS       CADDY                                 
042932,000212: 20,3553           00006                           EXTEND                                         
042933,000213: 20,3554           63556                           BZMF     +2                                    
042934,000214: 20,3555           01657                           TC       BUNKER                                #  EXIT, WHILE ON A SLOPE
042935,000215: 
042936,000216: 20,3556           11660                           CCS      REVS                                  
042937,000217: 20,3557           13577                           TCF      REVUP                                 #  POSITIVE REVS
042938,000218: 20,3560           13603                           TCF      REVUP      +4                         #  FINAL REVERSAL, THIS SET
042939,000219: 
042940,000220: 20,3561           25661                           INCR     CARD                                  #  NEGATIVE REVS SET LAST PASS, READY FOR
042941,000221: 20,3562           41661                           CS       CARD                                  #        THE NEXT SET.  CHECK IF NO MORE SETS
042942,000222: 20,3563           00006                           EXTEND                                         
042943,000223: 20,3564           13575                           BZF      STROKILL                              #  ALL SETS COMPLETED
042944,000224: 
042945,000225: 20,3565           51661                           INDEX    CARD                                  
042946,000226: 20,3566           33530                           CAF      FCARD      +4                         #  PICK UP NO. REVERSALS (-), NEXT SET
042947,000227: 20,3567           55660                           TS       REVS                                  #  REINITIALIZE
042948,000228: 20,3570           51661                           INDEX    CARD                                  
042949,000229: 20,3571           43533                           CS       FCARD      +7                         #  PICK UP NO. BURSTS IN 1/2AMP, NEXT SET
042950,000230: 20,3572           55656                           TS       N                                     #  REINITIALIZE
042951,000231: 20,3573           55655                           TS       CADDY                                 
042952,000232: 20,3574           01657                           TC       BUNKER                                #  EXIT, AT END OF SET
042953,000233: 
042954,000234: 20,3575           55574        STROKILL           TS       STROKER                               #  RESET (TO +0) TO END TEST
042955,000235: 20,3576           01657                           TC       BUNKER                                #  EXIT, STROKE TEST FINIS
042956,000236: 
042957,000237: 20,3577           55660        REVUP              TS       REVS                                  #  ALL REVERSALS EXCEPT LAST OF SET
042958,000238: 20,3600           31656                           CA       N                                     
042959,000239: 20,3601           60000                           DOUBLE                                         #  2 X 1/2AMP
042960,000240: 20,3602           13606                           TCF      +4                                    
042961,000241: 
042962,000242: 20,3603           45017                 +4        CS       ONE                                   #  FINAL REVERSAL, THIS SET
042963,000243: 20,3604           55660                           TS       REVS                                  #  PREPARE TO BRANCH TO NEW BURST
042964,000244: 20,3605           31656                           CA       N                                     #  JUST RETURN TO ZERO, FINAL SLOPE OF SET
042965,000245: 20,3606           55655                           TS       CADDY                                 #  CADUP
042966,000246: 
042967,000247: 20,3607           41574                           CS       STROKER                               #  CHANGE SIGN OF SLOPE
042968,000248: 20,3610           55574                           TS       STROKER                               
042969,000249: 20,3611           01657                           TC       BUNKER                                #  EXIT AT A REVERSAL (SLOPE CHANGE)
042970,000250: 

End of include-file TVCSTROKETEST.agc.  Parent file is MAIN.agc