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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)
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To: Bigh4u2

LOL - yeah, time for an upgrade that's for sure


5 posted on 11/06/2006 2:49:38 PM PST by taxcontrol
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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)
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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
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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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