10 Oct
2003
10 Oct
'03
20:03
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:48:11 +0200 (CEST), "Carlos E. R."
The 03.10.10 at 11:29, praisetazio wrote:
Poor Russian government. I imagine what kind of hardware they use in the satellite control systems if it still runs on DOS...
Some months ago, I read on Slashdot that NASA was buying old 8086 processor to use them on the Shuttle. Why update to modern systems if the old ones are good enough? :)
The Shuttle was designed in the 1970's, at roughly the same time Intel was designing the 8080 and 8086 chips. However, I believe that the Shuttle fleet's electronics have been upgraded. That doesn't mean they aren't chock full of 8086 and even older chips in what are essentially embedded applications.