1 Sep
1998
1 Sep
'98
4:45 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu
[mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner@u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Joe
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 4:41 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: Deja vu
At 04:29 PM 8/27/98 -0700, you wrote:
D'oh! You'd think that after The Famous Ariane 5 Fireball that every launch
since would have that checked as part of the countdown.
That one was way too spectacular to forget.
I see another rocket has blown up.
Looks like it's time to break out those
desk top analog computers that got us
into space the first time.
Yeap, time to go back to using HP 9825s! Seems like the fault in this
one was that they had the software for the OLD guidance system loaded!