Source Code

These source-code files are part of a reconstructed copy of Luminary 173, the second (unflown) release of the Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM) Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) software.

The reconstruction began with reconstructed source code for Luminary 178. Changes between revision 173 and 178 were backed out, as described by Luminary memo 167 (revision 1). The reconstruction was verified by matching memory-bank checksums to those listed in drawing 2021152N. Note that page numbers in the reconstructed code match those for the baseline log section mentioned in each file's changelog; the page numbers for a real Luminary 173 listing would be different.

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.

015724,000002:                                                                                                  ## Copyright:   Public domain.
015725,000003:                                                                                                  ## Filename:    GIMBAL_LOCK_AVOIDANCE.agc
015726,000004:                                                                                                  ## Purpose:     A section of Luminary revision 173.
015727,000005:                                                                                                  ##              It is part of the reconstructed source code for the second
015728,000006:                                                                                                  ##              (unflown) release of the flight software for the Lunar
015729,000007:                                                                                                  ##              Module's (LM) Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) for Apollo 14.
015730,000008:                                                                                                  ##              The code has been recreated from a reconstructed copy of
015731,000009:                                                                                                  ##              Luminary 178, as well as Luminary memo 167 (revision 1).
015732,000010:                                                                                                  ##              It has been adapted such that the resulting bugger words
015733,000011:                                                                                                  ##              exactly match those specified for Luminary 173 in NASA
015734,000012:                                                                                                  ##              drawing 2021152N, which gives relatively high confidence
015735,000013:                                                                                                  ##              that the reconstruction is correct.
015736,000014:                                                                                                  ## Reference:   p.  369
015737,000015:                                                                                                  ## Assembler:   yaYUL
015738,000016:                                                                                                  ## Contact:     Ron Burkey <info@sandroid.org>.
015739,000017:                                                                                                  ## Website:     www.ibiblio.org/apollo/index.html
015740,000018:                                                                                                  ## Mod history: 2019-09-18 MAS  Created from Luminary 178.
015741,000019: 

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015743,000021: 15,2050                                           BANK     15                                    
015744,000022: 
015745,000023: 22,2000                                           SETLOC   KALCMON1                              
015746,000024: 22,2000                                           BANK                                           
015747,000025: 
015748,000026: 
015749,000027:                                                                                                  #  DETECTING GIMBAL LOCK
015750,000028: 22,2744  22,2744               LOCSKIRT           EQUALS   NOGIMLOC                              
015751,000029: 
015752,000030: 22,2744           77614        NOGIMLOC           SET                                            
015753,000031: 22,2745           01074                                    CALCMAN3                              
015754,000032: 22,2746           70740        WCALC              LXC,1    DLOAD*                                
015755,000033: 22,2747           01322                                    RATEINDX                              #  CHOOSE THE DESIRED MANEUVER RATE
015756,000034: 22,2750           04772                                    ARATE,1                               #  FROM A LIST OF FOUR
015757,000035: 22,2751           45002                           SR4      CALL                                  #  COMPUTE THE INCREMENTAL ROTATION MATRIX
015758,000036: 22,2752           44527                                    DELCOMP                               #  DEL CORRESPONDING TO A 1 SEC ROTATION
015759,000037:                                                                                                  #  ABOUT COF
015760,000038: 22,2753           74343                           DLOAD*   VXSC                                  
015761,000039: 22,2754           04772                                    ARATE,1                               
015762,000040: 22,2755           03270                                    COF                                   
015763,000041: 22,2756           17325                           STODL    BRATE                                 #  COMPONENT MANEUVER RATES 45 DEG/SEC
015764,000042: 22,2757           03335                                    AM                                    
015765,000043: 22,2760           55605                           DMP      DDV*                                  
015766,000044: 22,2761           05002                                    ANGLTIME                              
015767,000045: 22,2762           04772                                    ARATE,1                               
015768,000046: 22,2763           77661                           SR                                             
015769,000047: 22,2764           20606                                    5                                     
015770,000048: 22,2765           03333                           STORE    TM                                    #  MANEUVER EXECUTION TIME SCALED AS T2
015771,000049: 22,2766           77614                           SETGO                                          
015772,000050: 22,2767           01035                                    CALCMAN2                              #  0(OFF) = CONTINUE MANEUVER
015773,000051: 22,2770           45010                                    NEWANGL    +1                         #  1(ON) = START MANEUVER
015774,000052:                                                                                                  #           THE FOUR SELECTABLE FREE FALL MANEUVER RATES SELECTED BY
015775,000053:                                                                                                  #           LOADING RATEINDX WITH 0,2,4,6, RESPECTIVELY
015776,000054: 
015777,000055: 
015778,000056: 22,2771           00221 24255  ARATE              2DEC     .0088888888                            #  = 0.2 DEG/SEC       $ 22.5 DEG/SEC
015779,000057: 22,2773           00554 02660                     2DEC     .0222222222                            #  = 0.5 DEG/SEC       $ 22.5 DEG/SEC
015780,000058: 22,2775           02660 13301                     2DEC     .0888888888                            #  = 2.0 DEG/SEC       $ 22.5 DEG/SEC
015781,000059: 22,2777           16161 30707                     2DEC     .4444444444                            #  = 10.0 DEG/SEC      $ 22.5 DEG/SEC
015782,000060: 
015783,000061: 22,3001           00003 04000  ANGLTIME           2DEC     .0001907349                            #  = 100B-19     FUDGE FACTOR TO CONVERT
015784,000062:                                                                                                  #  MANEUVER ANGLE TO MANEUVER TIME

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