On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 05:56:35 -0600, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: >Mike Schwab wrote: > >>http://www.chipsetc.com/computer-memorabilia-collectors.html >>Cray Y-MP C90 supercomputer listed on eBay in September 2000; it sold to a >>private individual for $45,000, down from the original list price of $35 >>million. > >Interesting, what is more interesting, here is a snippet from your link about >NASA which reminds me of that hunting for vintage programmers so Voyager can >still be tracked until 2020: > ><quote> >When the first shuttle roared into space that year, the 8086 played a critical >role, at the heart of diagnostic equipment that made sure the shuttle's twin >booster rockets were safe for blastoff. > >Today, more than two decades later, booster testing still uses 8086 chips, >which are increasingly scarce. NASA plans to create a $20 million automated >checking system, with all new hardware and software. In the meantime, it is >hoarding 8086's so that a failed one does not ground the nation's fleet of >aging spaceships. ><end-quote> > http://xkcd.com/1337/
(Fact checking is left to the interested reader.) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
