[ale] [Fwd: [Am-info] Hubble Upgrade]

[esoteric at mail.atlnet.com (Wandered Inn)]

Sounds like a perfect Linux box....

> By Marcia Dunn
> Associated Press
> 
> ...The Hubble's old computer is based on an Intel 386 microchip. The
> new one is an Intel 486 - 20 times faster with six times the memory.
> Actually, there are three identical computers in the replacement box,
> only one of which is used at any given time. Each has two megabytes
> of memory.
> 
> "Now that doesn't sound like much in days where everybody talks about
> 64 megabytes or 128 megabytes," said Hubble program manager John
> Campbell. "But you should keep in mind that we don't do Windows..."

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