Subj : Re: Kerosene Engines
To   : Andrey Kanunnikov
From : Charles Radley
Date : Sun Aug 06 2000 01:15 am

-=> Andrey Kanunnikov wrote to Charles Radley <=-

 CR>  The Shutte computer memory is specially rugged, and at the time it
 CR>  was designed (1972), it was a lot
 AK> But what about modern computers? I think it has very much differences.

 Spacecraft computers are always several years behind the commercial market,
 the Shuttle is currently over 10 years behind.   The ISS (International Space
 Station)  I think uses  486  architecture.

 AK> ;-) By the way, does there use hard disks or just only RAM and ROM?

 I believe the Shuttle GPCs use RAM, software loads are changed in flight
 by loading them from tape cartridges.


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