top | item 32275157 Ask HN: Is the Apollo Guidance Computer (1960) the first embedded system ever? 2 points| gsempe | 3 years ago 3 comments order hn newest zgs|3 years ago Lift controllers date from the 1920's. I'd consider them embedded systems. pfdietz|3 years ago Where does the "1960" come from? Wikipedia lists August 1966 as when the AGC was introduced.AGC was preceded by many other digital guidance computers, including those for the Minuteman I, the Minuteman II, and Gemini. tgflynn|3 years ago It might depend on your definition of "system". WW II battleships had electro-mechanical computers for fire control.
pfdietz|3 years ago Where does the "1960" come from? Wikipedia lists August 1966 as when the AGC was introduced.AGC was preceded by many other digital guidance computers, including those for the Minuteman I, the Minuteman II, and Gemini.
tgflynn|3 years ago It might depend on your definition of "system". WW II battleships had electro-mechanical computers for fire control.
zgs|3 years ago
pfdietz|3 years ago
AGC was preceded by many other digital guidance computers, including those for the Minuteman I, the Minuteman II, and Gemini.
tgflynn|3 years ago