Subj : Kerosene Engines
To   : Vadik Akimoff
From : mark lewis
Date : Wed Aug 09 2000 01:42 pm

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

 VA> I think 486 architecture isn't a good idea. 486 processor
 VA> itself is rather monstrous & not very effective, with
 VA> very high power consumption... Not for spacecrafts...

you're thinking of how they were in the past... these chips are still being 
made today but now may also be found in a CMOS manufacture format that uses 
very little power...

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