But yet on one of the newsgroups someone challenged me when I made note that
at late as 1985 I used tube based equipment on missile systems in the USAF
... All sorts of stuff out there that stiil works and still in useful
function. I sold a TRS-80 model 4 to Bayer (aspirin people) back in 1998
and they couldn't get it fast enough - had me ship overnight to them and
sniped the bid from someone that had a bid of $25 - I thought it was a shill
but the $255 closed and they actually sent the money by Western Union (no
Paypal then). From my understanding they weren't due to dissolve the TRS
controllers until early 2000 and the lack of one shut one line down, laying
people off and keeping orders from going out the door.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of J.C. Wren
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 10:28 AM
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Bidding Against NASA
No, they don't need space rated parts. Almost everything they are looking
for goes into ground support or testing equipment. There are several
articles on the 'net about this, that go into all the details.
--John
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Ben Franchuk
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 10:31
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Bidding Against NASA
Russ Blakeman wrote:
> But among 8-inch floppy drives and other unspecified
> items, NASA is buying up all the 8086 microprocessors
> they can lay their hands on, specifically, to keep the
> Space Shuttle flying. Not the more common 8088, of
> course, but its 16-bit big brother.
That explains why NASA can't get a real space program
going ... Intel is behind it!
Anyway they would need space/radiation rated chips,
not the garden variety stuff.
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
Received on Mon May 13 2002 - 12:52:42 BST