This space vehicle launched 45 years ago started sending garbage telemetry. The folks running that show figured it was routing the data through a known defective computer.
So they commanded it to switch to the good computer and they got good telemetry. Talk about latency... 16 hours. So 45 (more likely 55) year old hardware running an OS that old is still essentially rocks solid. So are the transmitters and receivers and other RF components allowing communication clear out into deep space. Damn, those engineers and coders must be proud of the job they did.
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