"Zombywoof" <Zomby-Woof_dogs_@cox.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:15:40 GMT, "BradandBrooks"
> <BradandBrooks@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>Do you think your P4 computer just came into being one day? You must be
>>young to be so ignorant, and not remember the days of a 286, then a 386,
>>and
>>on and on... My MP3 player has more power than the first computer I
>>bought
>>in 1987. These hybrids may not be the cat's ass today but they will
>>grow...
>>BTW, you might consider upgrading your 486DX33 with 16 megs of RAM
>>someday -
>>I hear there is some new technology out there...
>>
> Ah yes the infamous "cat's ass". Would you be surprised to know that
> your MP3 player probably has more computing power & storage then the
> space shuttle? I shit you not, but the technology on that bad boy is
> 8088 based and it makes it up & down most times.
1981
Space Shuttle
Intel 8086 and RCA 1802 (display controller) - Later Intel 80386
The Space shuttle uses the APA-101S computer (5 of them for redundancy).
They run at about 1.2MIPS and still use a couple megs of ferrite core memory
(which is impervious to radiation). The entire control software for the
shuttle is less then one meg. The new glass cockpit in the shuttle runs on
Intel 80386s
1990
Hubble Space Telescope
Originally a DF-224 (8-bit).
First service mission added a 386 coprocessor.
The Hubble now runs on a 80486
1998
International Space Station
Intel 80386SX-20 w/ Intel 80387
There are several computers on the ISS. The most important are the command
computers which use the i386.
http://www.cpushack.net/space-craft-cpu.html
>
> The real issue with hybrids is not so much the technology involved,
> but the longevity and viability of that technology. Why should I as
> Joe Consumer have to pay ten's of thousands of dollars for something
> that doesn't work as advertised, has no proven maintenance track
> record, and no history of sustaining resale value?
>
> Believe it or not there are still plenty of uses for 486's. I have
> one running a version of Unix in use as a firewall. Still does it's
> job.
>>Brad
>>
>><michaelanderson4@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>news:1137712540.324823.269180@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> You'll never see the dollar equivalent in savings and they allow
>>> automakers to "cheat" CAFE
>>> standards.
>>>
>>> http://www.physorg.com/printnews.php?newsid=10031
>>>
>>
>
> --
>
> December 9, 2005 (CNN) While interviewing an anonymous
> US Special Forces soldier, a Reuters News agent asked
> the soldier what he felt when sniping members of Al Quaeda
> in Afghanistan.
>
> The soldier shrugged and replied, "Recoil." (Possible Urban Legend)
