Sujet : Re: The "Good" Old Days - Complete Specs for DX-10 Operating System
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.misc alt.folklore.computersDate : 02. Oct 2024, 23:28:24
Autres entêtes
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On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 09:49:15 -0700, John Ames wrote:
On 2 Oct 2024 16:35:00 GMT rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
I worked on one project that used the 9900. Its claim to fame is TI had
a rad hard version.
Interesting - did that see use in nuclear power? Unlike the RCA 1802,
it seems way over-featured for use in space probes...
No, the application was military aircraft. The Soviets had the real answer
-- vacuum tubes. The lesson is never learned leading to littoral combat
ships that can be taken out by a jihadi in a Zodiac.
I think it's urban legend but there is the story about developing a ball
point pen that works in zero gs. The Soviets used pencils.