On 2000-01-01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
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>By Marcia Dunn
>Associated Press
>...The Hubble's old computer is based on an Intel 386 microchip. The
>new one is an Intel 486 - 20 times faster with six times the memory.
>Actually, there are three identical computers in the replacement
>box, only one of which is used at any given time. Each has two
>megabytes of memory.
>"Now that doesn't sound like much in days where everybody talks
>about 64 megabytes or 128 megabytes," said Hubble program manager
>John Campbell. "But you should keep in mind that we don't do
>Windows..."
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Huh, I thought the 486 wasn't suitable for use in space because of something
to do with the cache or something?
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