{"id":49855,"date":"2021-07-30T06:30:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T10:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49855"},"modified":"2021-07-30T07:38:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T11:38:35","slug":"relighting-an-authentic-apollo-dsky-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/relighting-an-authentic-apollo-dsky-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Relighting an authentic Apollo DSKY screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/800px-Dsky.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49856\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/800px-Dsky.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/800px-Dsky.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/800px-Dsky-300x282.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/800px-Dsky-768x721.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/800px-Dsky-624x586.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to<em> SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dave (N9EWO), who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A current YouTube Video I accidentally came across. Ever wonder about those digital displays used in the Apollo space missions ? What were they ? Actually it\u2019s quite a story how these Raytheon displays were developed. One has to remember we are talking about the mid 1960\u2019s here and before the days of LED\u2019s. Reminds me of the electro luminance nightlights still sold today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/feRCZyLzAwA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/feRCZyLzAwA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks for sharing this, Dave. Being a massive fan of all things Apollo era, I love the deep dive into this crucial, yet very basic computer. The screen looks (and sounds!) amazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave (N9EWO), who writes: A current YouTube Video I accidentally came across. Ever wonder about those digital displays used in the Apollo space missions ? What were they ? Actually it\u2019s quite a story how these Raytheon displays were developed. One has to remember we are talking about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,554],"tags":[9385,2584,9384],"class_list":["post-49855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-slightly-off-topic","tag-apollo-dsky","tag-dave-zantow-n9ewo","tag-dsky"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cY7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52866,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/dave-spots-a-sony-crf-320-in-an-episode-of-taxi\/","url_meta":{"origin":49855,"position":0},"title":"Dave spots a Sony CRF-320 in an episode of Taxi","author":"Thomas","date":"May 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave (N9EWO), who writes: Hey Thomas, Interesting little tidbit. 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