[HN Gopher] Mars probe running Windows 98 receives software upda...
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       Mars probe running Windows 98 receives software update after two
       decades
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2022-06-25 22:08 UTC (54 minutes ago)
        
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       | baybal2 wrote:
        
       | hn_throwaway_99 wrote:
       | Wish there were more detail. I'm flabbergasted the Mars probe is
       | running Windows 98.
        
         | mlyle wrote:
         | It's one instrument on the MARS Express orbiter that needed a
         | bit more processing power than most spaceflight computers could
         | deliver. They sent a P90 running a stripped down 98. Not an
         | _ideal_ choice, but not terrible, either-- it 's just one
         | instrument.
        
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