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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: space news from May 15 AW&ST (replacing computers)
Message-ID: <3827@phri.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jul 89 14:12:50 GMT
References: <1989Jul2.054432.5054@utzoo.uucp>
Reply-To: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY)
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In <1989Jul2.054432.5054@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> the Atlantis crew replaced one of the orbiter's five general-purpose
> computers after it failed [...] it took about four hours because the
> computers are behind some of the middeck lockers and are not easy to get at.

	I don't understand.  I thought that the various computers were all
constantly checking each other and if one failed, it would be taken off line
automatically and the others would continue to operate without it.  Why the
need to rummage around behind the furniture for 4 hours?
-- 
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