13 May
2002
13 May
'02
3:33 a.m.
But among
8-inch floppy drives and other unspecified
items, NASA is buying up all the 8086 microprocessors
they can lay their hands on, specifically, to keep the
Space Shuttle flying. Not the more common 8088, of
course, but its 16-bit big brother.
That explains why NASA can't get a real space program
going ... Intel is behind it! Anyway they would need space/radiation rated chips,
not the garden variety stuff.
The stated use is for ground testing equipment, not
near-earth deployment.
Regards,
-dq