22 Jun
2001
22 Jun
'01
10:26 a.m.
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:
I'll have to see if I still have that NEETS
module here. I
don't remember the section on the Harris systems though. I know some
of the oilers were still using them since the ship wasn't large enough
to accomodate the Honeywell systems. The last time I actually worked
on one was in '93. Even the Honeywell's are being replaced by micro's
running Unix though.
Straying a bit off topic, can someone explain why the Navy, a branch of
the US military, requiring rock solid, uncompromising stability in the
systems that control their vessels, in their infinite procedural and
compliance wisdom, would choose Windows NT to control battleships?
Or was that just a sick joke? I know it wasn't, but I'd like to believe
it was ;)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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