To: blam
Time to upgrade from the old '386' to a '486'.
2 posted on
11/06/2006 2:47:57 PM PST by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: Bigh4u2
LOL - yeah, time for an upgrade that's for sure
To: Bigh4u2
upgrade from the old '386' Were they up to 386 already??
9 posted on
11/06/2006 3:02:58 PM PST by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: Bigh4u2
Actually it was a VAX 11/780 system, circa 1978, I was there.
15 posted on
11/06/2006 3:54:36 PM PST by
RAWGUY
To: Bigh4u2
Time to upgrade from the old '386' to a '486'. Actually the Shuttle has IBM 4PI computers. Architecturally they are a dual(that is 2) IBM 360s, thus the name "4PI".
AWACS uses a variant of the same computer, and that community refers to them as their "steam powered" computers. No lie.
29 posted on
11/06/2006 6:28:46 PM PST by
El Gato
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