Oldest computer still in current use

From: Messick, Gary <Gary.Messick_at_itt.com>
Date: Mon May 12 08:50:01 2003

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> From: Vintage Computer Festival [mailto:vcf_at_siconic.com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 1:22 AM
> To: Classic Computers
> Subject: Re: Oldest computer still in current use
>
<SNIP>
>
> I am inclined to believe there may still be some ground
> systems for the
> Space Shuttle program that are run on 8080 based machines.2
>

I can confirm as a fact that there was at least 1 8086 flying on Columbia
before Feb 1.



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