Re: [OT] IT in 'The Martian'

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Re: [OT] IT in 'The Martian'

Matt was much better in the book. The book was way longer too. There were a heap of incidents they didn't show in the movie. Loved it. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on behalf of Greg Keogh Sent: Friday, 6 January 2017 10:13:42 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: [

Re: [OT] IT in 'The Martian'

Talking of old processors - did you guys see this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZb4NLXx1aM It's very low tech (Z80) and he boots it up on a bread board. Sort of what you'd expect of that really old stuff on those probes. regards, Preet, in Auckland NZ On 6 January 2017 at 21:09, Davy Jone

Re: [OT] IT in 'The Martian'

Pathfinder (1996) was a very low tech / love cost proof of concept mission, so a hardened 8 bit processor is not out of the question. Nasa doesn't use of the shelf chips. In it's craft. That's why you will see laptops all over the place in Nasa footage, they don't meet the radiation proof specs