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1 total messages Started by xr... Nigel Tzeng Thu, 19 Apr 1990 21:30

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Author: xr... Nigel Tzeng
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 1990 21:30

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Since there appears to be some interest on the types of CPUs on space craft
I'll pass a little rumor along...I was chatting with someone about our use of
the 386 CPU and it turns out quite a few designs have the 386 as the CPU.  Also
he mentioned that a 68020 was used in a recent Spartan mission.  The 68020 was
not flight tested and just put in as a test.  It ran some secondary experiment
that wasn't mission critical.

Actually I tend to trust the Motorolla chips more than the Intels...but then
again most of the 80x86 that I've seen fail have been from small clone
companies.

NT



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