On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
Project archive. http://spacecollege.org/isee3/ -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
