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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: What kind of computers are in the shuttle?
- Message-ID: <BxKMzC.4o1@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:42:47 GMT
- References: <1992Nov11.175336.22450@access.usask.ca>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <1992Nov11.175336.22450@access.usask.ca> choy@skorpio.usask.ca (I am a terminator.) writes:
- >The computers used to control the shuttle use very complex programs
- >that people don't want to rewrite for newer computers. Has any
- >upgrades been done or are the computers still the same old beasts?
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- A (compatible) upgrade is being done as opportunity permits, when the
- orbiters go in for major overhauls.
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