Sigh. What to believe? Company propaganda or an encyclopedia that anyone can edit...
If TI integrated circuits were actually being used in the Minuteman-I, which was already in service by 1962, they should try to get all those Wikipedia errors fixed.
Sorry, I don't remember where I said the Minuteman I computer used ICs?
I think we're all talking slightly past each other... Me first.
I was merely responding to the title of this thread, and I think the Gemini computer was the first NASA computer in space. I wasn't aware that it was necessary for the discussion to be about ICs.
The first digital computer in space was the Autonetics one, also preceding the AGC. I didn't see anything about ICs being discussed. I didn't watch the video because I've seen this all before.
Then there's the "first one to use ICs in space" category, which I didn't make any special claims on, and there's the "first computer made of ICs" category, which didn't include space, NASA or otherwise.
And as for the "agc rope memory didn't work", this guy is such a moron he thinks the inner wires threaded in the cores wouldn't work since they would be shielded by the other wires... Fuck's sake, how does this moron think a regular AC power transformer works? Does he think all that "extra" wiring inside the transformer is a hoax too? This idiot needs a neon sign transformer up his butt and let's see if he still believes those inner wires are shielded by the other ones....