Subj : Re: Kerosene Engines
To   : Vadik Akimoff
From : Charles Radley
Date : Sat Aug 05 2000 12:47 am

Hi,

-=> Vadik Akimoff wrote to Charles Radley <=-

 VA> Hello.

 VA> In a message of 30 Aug 36 Charles Radley wrote to Andrey Kanunnikov:

 CR>  Hah !  The Shuttle computer have 512 K of memory, not enough to even
 CR> load Windows-98 !

 VA> What functions does it perform?
 VA> Which processor does it have?

The Shuttle "General Purpose Computers" on the flight deck were developed
orignally in 1972.   They were upgraded in 1990 (using a 1983 design).

Unfortunately I do not have much specification information, they do not
use the IntelX86.  They are made by IBM.  The new GPC generation replaced
the old core memory with CMOS chips.  They are programmed in a language
called HAL.

That is about all I know.

 VA> btw, i heard that NASA is trying to use computers called "Amiga".
 VA> Is it true?

 Amiga is an old commercial type of computer, but more recent than the GPC.
 It is possible that they use it as a laptop, but I have not heard of this.
 The normal laptops they fly are "Grid" computers.


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