Subj : Re: Kerosene Engines
To   : mark lewis
From : Charles Radley
Date : Sun Aug 13 2000 12:30 am

Mark,

Thanks for your interesting contribution.

-=> mark lewis wrote to Vadik Akimoff <=-

 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...

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

    Right.  486 is what is being used on the US portion of
    the International Space Station.

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