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In article <01bc728c$ca8c1fe0$960201c0@jwoodall>,
Woody <jrwo...@mindspring.com> wrote:
->This is only along the lines of powerful computers (or not).  
->On the other hand, an F-15E (fighter-bomber), elite mulit-role aircraft
->of the USAF, has a 386 for it's central computer (CC). It handles
->communication between radar, navigation, counter-measures (ICMS), flight
...
->To the point... isnt it scary that we depend on 386's to preserve our
->air superiority, and people quibble about mega-computers (or so-called).

	Um what is scary about it ?  a 386 has way more more processing
power than a VAX 11/780.... nowdays people get cought up in these stupid
os/chip wars and forget just what the hell they have sitting on their
desks doing word processing and Quake...  I mean, do you know what the
flight computer that *space shuttles* use ?

Here is a hint, they use core memory....
<yikes>

I mean there are graphing calcs. that are probably more powerfull than the
space shuttle's onboard computers.
Heck I will still take a nice fast 386 with a coprocessor anyday...

Oh,btw I just heard this all somewhere anyway...

But you are right about the irony of it all...