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From: wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM (Mitch Bradley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Computers in space
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Date: 13 Dec 90 19:33:39 GMT
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> My peripheral hearing was that both the main and backup computers
> SMOKED, ie had hardware/electrical problems.
>
> I know FORTH let's you get close to the iron but burn it????!!!!???

According to the newspaper article that I read, one hypothesis is
that the air intake filters on the computers clogged up with lint,
causing the computers to overheat due to insufficent airflow.

Apparantly, in zero-G, dust tends to float around rather than settling
on surfaces, so the air tends to be laden with it.

It's the simple things that kill you!

Mitch