To: Bobby777
Computer-controlled aircraft? I hope it's not Windows-based. The thing will lock up and kill you.
To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
Computer-controlled aircraft? I hope it's not Windows-based. The thing will lock up and kill you. Actually, the Flight Control Computers are all Wintel-based. The other day I was in our CRJ trainer when they booted the system and sure as sugar the Microsoft logo came up. I suspect that's why there's triple redundancy on all the systems.
22 posted on
11/23/2003 4:09:10 PM PST by
Archangelsk
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
The Air Force is now using Windows NT 3.51 to control the latest drone ...
hehe ... just kidding!!! the ROV pilots would only get Blue Screens of Death!!! (or was that NT 4.0?)
54 posted on
11/23/2003 7:22:44 PM PST by
Bobby777
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