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From: neal@lynx.uucp (Neal Woodall)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Voyager: Tape recorder?
Summary: no eeproms in 1975!!!
Message-ID: <6090@lynx.UUCP>
Date: 29 Aug 89 05:24:42 GMT
References: <8908271818.AA08296@jade.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: neal@lynx.UUCP (Neal Woodall)
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Organization: Lynx Real-Time Systems Inc, Campbell CA
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In article <8908271818.AA08296@jade.berkeley.edu> D0MUND01@ULKYVX.BITNET writes:

>I keep hearing of data being spooled to the tape recorder for later
>transmission to earth.  Surely they don't use a conventional mag.
>tape drive.  Wouldn't something solid state like a large array of
>eeprom be more robust?

Remember: the Voyagers were built with 1975 technology....our "bag of
tricks" did not include anything like eeproms in 1975! The Voyager's
recorder is an 8-track mag-tape drive...reel to reel!




Neal