Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 09:22:00 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Brian J. McGovern" <bmcgover@cisco.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NASA's Operating system? Message-ID: <XFMail.010907092200.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200109071303.f87D3ur05167@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com>
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On 07-Sep-01 Brian J. McGovern wrote: > Flight control? Heh, the Shuttle uses systems probably 30 years old. I can't > believe the ISS would be far ahead of it ;) ISS is using NT according to the logs and having problems with Exchange. :) So it can't be but so old. They also have wireless networking on the ISS according to the logs. > As far as hardware, if I remember, the shuttle has 5 interconnected special > purpose systems to do flight management. The interface and displays are > cryptic, and actually quite entertaining trying to figure out how to read > (IN 75 MOD 7 ENT, to turn on the lights, anyone?). Didn't they just replace the displays at least with 4 LCD displays that are supposed to be more intuitive, etc.? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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