Source Code

These source-code files are part of a reconstructed copy of Skylark 048, the Block II Command Module (CM) Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) software for the Skylab-2, Skylab-3, Skylab-4, and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project missions.

They have been created via disassembly of binary dumps of the original core rope memory modules actually flown on Skylab-2, part numbers 2010802-541, 2010802-551, 2010802-561, 2010802-571, 2010802-581, and 2010802-591. Access to these modules was provided by the New Mexico Museum of Space History, who we are much indebted to.

The source code for the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 software, Artemis 072, was used as a starting point. Heavy use was made of TRW 4900.5-244, Programmed Guidance Equations for Skylark Command Module Earth Orbital Program, dated 14 February 1972. This document contains pseudocode of essentially all of Skylark, using original program labels which have been copied for this source reconstruction.

Since only binary dumps (rather than listings) of Skylark are available as source material, all comments and labels are approximate. They have been taken from the Programmed Guidance Equations or other AGC programs where possible, or, in some places, written from scratch to match what we believe would have been in the original listing.

018015,000002:                                                                                                  ## Copyright:   Public domain.
018016,000003:                                                                                                  ## Filename:    SYSTEM_TEST_STANDARD_LEAD_INS.agc
018017,000004:                                                                                                  ## Purpose:     A section of Skylark revision 048.
018018,000005:                                                                                                  ##              It is part of the source code for the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC)
018019,000006:                                                                                                  ##              for Skylab-2, Skylab-3, Skylab-4, and ASTP. No original listings of
018020,000007:                                                                                                  ##              this software are available; instead, this file was created via
018021,000008:                                                                                                  ##              disassembly of dumps of the core rope modules actually flown on
018022,000009:                                                                                                  ##              Skylab-2. Access to these modules was provided by the New Mexico
018023,000010:                                                                                                  ##              Museum of Space History.
018024,000011:                                                                                                  ## Assembler:   yaYUL
018025,000012:                                                                                                  ## Contact:     Ron Burkey <info@sandroid.org>.
018026,000013:                                                                                                  ## Website:     www.ibiblio.org/apollo/index.html
018027,000014:                                                                                                  ## Mod history: 2023-09-04 MAS  Created from Artemis 072.
018028,000015: 
018029,000016: 
018030,000017: 22,3237  E5,1660                                  EBANK=   XSM                                   
018031,000018: 
018032,000019: 12,2000                                           SETLOC   E/PROG1                               
018033,000020: 12,2000                                           BANK                                           
018034,000021: 
018035,000022: 12,2000                                           COUNT*   $$/P07                                
018036,000023: 
018037,000024:                                                                                                  #  SPECIAL PROGRAMS TO EASE THE PANGS OF ERASABLE MEMORY PROGRAMS.
018038,000025: 
018039,000026:                                                                                                  #  E/BKCALL      FOR DOING BANKCALLS FROM AND RETURNING TO ERASABLE.
018040,000027: 
018041,000028:                                                                                                  #  THIS ROUTINE IS CALLABLE FROM ERASABLE OR FIXED.  LIKE BANKCALL, HOWEVER, SWITCHING BETWEEN S3 AND S4
018042,000029:                                                                                                  #  IS NOT POSSIBLE.
018043,000030: 
018044,000031:                                                                                                  #  THE CALLING SEQUENCE IS:
018045,000032: 
018046,000033:                                                                                                  #                TC      BANKCALL
018047,000034:                                                                                                  #                CADR    E/BKCALL
018048,000035:                                                                                                  #                CADR    ROUTINE         WHERE YOU WANT TO GO IN FIXED.
018049,000036:                                                                                                  #                RETURN HERE FROM DISPLAY TERMINATE, BAD STALL OR TC Q.
018050,000037:                                                                                                  #                RETURN HERE FROM DISPLAY PROCEED OR GOOD RETURN FROM STALL.
018051,000038:                                                                                                  #                RETURN HERE FROM DISPLAY ENTER OR RECYCLE.
018052,000039: 
018053,000040:                                                                                                  #  THIS ROUTINE REQUIRES TWO ERASABLES (EBUF2, +1) IN UNSWITCHED WHICH ARE UNSHARED BY INTERRUPTS AND
018054,000041:                                                                                                  #  OTHER EMEMORY PROGRAMS.
018055,000042: 
018056,000043:                                                                                                  #  A + L ARE PRESERVED THROUGH BANKCALL AND E/BKCALL.
018057,000044: 
018058,000045: 12,2000           52134        E/BKCALL           DXCH     BUF2                                  #  SAVE A,L AND GET DP RETURN.
018059,000046: 12,2001           53332                           DXCH     EBUF2                                 #  SAVE DP RETURN.
018060,000047: 12,2002           25331                           INCR     EBUF2                                 #  RETURN +1 BECAUSE DOUBLE CADR.
018061,000048: 12,2003           30006                           CA       BBANK                                 
018062,000049: 12,2004           75053                           MASK     LOW10                                 #  GET CURRENT EBANK.  (SBANK SOMEDAY)
018063,000050: 12,2005           27332                           ADS      EBUF2      +1                         #  FORM BBCON.  (WAS FBANK)
018064,000051: 12,2006           51331                           NDX      EBUF2                                 
018065,000052: 12,2007           27777                           CA       0          -1                         #  GET CADR OF ROUTINE.
018066,000053: 12,2010           04653                           TC       SWCALL                                #  GO TO ROUTINE, SETTING Q TO SWRETURN
018067,000054:                                                                                                  #  AND RESTORING A + L.
018068,000055: 12,2011           02015                           TC       +4                                    #  TX Q, V34, OR BAD STALL RETURN.
018069,000056: 12,2012           02014                           TC       +2                                    #  PROCEED OR GOOD STALL RETURN.
018070,000057: 12,2013           25331                           INCR     EBUF2                                 #  ENTER OR RECYCLE RETURN.
018071,000058: 12,2014           25331                           INCR     EBUF2                                 
018072,000059: 12,2015           53332        E/SWITCH           DXCH     EBUF2                                 
018073,000060: 12,2016           52006                           DTCB                                           
018074,000061: 
018075,000062:                                                                                                  #  E/CALL        FOR CALLING A FIXED MEMORY INTERPRETIVE SUBROUTINE FROM ERASABLE AND RETURNING TO ERASABLE.
018076,000063: 
018077,000064:                                                                                                  #  THE CALLING SEQUENCE IS...
018078,000065: 
018079,000066:                                                                                                  #                RTB
018080,000067:                                                                                                  #                        E/CALL
018081,000068:                                                                                                  #                CADR    ROUTINE         THE INTERPRETIVE SUBROUTINE YOU WANT.
018082,000069:                                                                                                  #                                        RETURNS HERE IN INTERPRETIVE.
018083,000070: 
018084,000071: 12,2017           22164        E/CALL             LXCH     LOC                                   #  ADRES -1 OF CADR.
018085,000072: 12,2020           50001                           INDEX    L                                     
018086,000073: 12,2021           30001                           CA       L                                     #  CADR IN A.
018087,000074: 12,2022           24001                           INCR     L                                     
018088,000075: 12,2023           24001                           INCR     L                                     #  RETURN ADRES IN L.
018089,000076: 12,2024           53332                           DXCH     EBUF2                                 #  STORE CADR AND RETURN.
018090,000077: 12,2025           06006                           TC       INTPRET                               
018091,000078: 12,2026           77624                           CALL                                           
018092,000079: 12,2027           01331                                    EBUF2                                 #  INDIRECTLY EXECUTE ROUTINE.  IT MUST
018093,000080: 12,2030           77776                           EXIT                                           #  LEAVE VIA RVQ OR EQUIVALENT.
018094,000081: 12,2031           23332                           LXCH     EBUF2      +1                         #  PICK UP RETURN.
018095,000082: 12,2032           16010                           TCF      INTPRET    +2                         #  SET LOC AND RETURB TO CALLER
018096,000083: 
018097,000084:                                                                                                  #  E/JOBWAK      FOR WAKING UP ERASABLE MEMORY JOBS.
018098,000085: 
018099,000086:                                                                                                  #  THIS ROUTINE MUST BE CALLED IN INTERRUPT OR WITH INTERRUPTS INHIBITED.
018100,000087: 
018101,000088:                                                                                                  #  THE CALLING SEQUENCE IS:
018102,000089: 
018103,000090:                                                                                                  #                INHINT
018104,000091:                                                                                                  #                  .
018105,000092:                                                                                                  #                  .
018106,000093:                                                                                                  #                CA      WAKEADR         ADDRESS OF SLEEPING JOB
018107,000094:                                                                                                  #                TC      IBNKCALL
018108,000095:                                                                                                  #                CADR    E/JOBWAK
018109,000096:                                                                                                  #                  .                     RETURNS HERE
018110,000097:                                                                                                  #                  .
018111,000098:                                                                                                  #                  .
018112,000099:                                                                                                  #                RELINT                  IF YOU DID AN INHINT.
018113,000100: 
018114,000101: 12,2000                                           SETLOC   E/PROG                                
018115,000102: 12,2000                                           BANK                                           
018116,000103: 
018117,000104: 12,2033                                           COUNT*   $$/P07                                
018118,000105: 
018119,000106: 12,2033           05202        E/JOBWAK           TC       JOBWAKE                               #  ARRIVE IWTH ADRES IN A.
018120,000107: 12,2034           44767                           CS       BIT11                                 
018121,000108: 12,2035           50064                           NDX      LOCCTR                                
018122,000109: 12,2036           26164                           ADS      LOC                                   #  KNOCK FIXED MEMORY BIT OUT OF ADRES.
018123,000110: 12,2037           00072                           TC       RUPTREG3                              #  RETURN
018124,000111: 
018125,000112: 
018126,000113:                                                                                                  #  THESE PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED TO ALLOW OVERLAY OF BANKS 30 THRU 33 OF THE 205 VERSIONS OF SYSTEM TESTS AND
018127,000114:                                                                                                  #  PRELAUNCH ALIGN.  THE INTENT IS TO ALLOW THE STG AND HYBRID LABS TO RUN ALL THE TESTS WITH COLOSSUS.
018128,000115: 
018129,000116: 
018130,000117: 33,2000                                           SETLOC   TESTLEAD                              
018131,000118: 33,2000                                           BANK                                           
018132,000119: 
018133,000120: 33,2000                                           COUNT*   $$/COMST                              
018134,000121: 33,2000  E5,1425                                  EBANK=   QPLACE                                
018135,000122: 
018136,000123: 33,2000           03231        COMPVER            TC       GCOMPVER                              #  MUST BE 33,2000.
018137,000124: 
018138,000125: 33,2001           02722        GTSCPSS1           TC       GTSCPSS                               #  MUST BE AT 33,2001

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