Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!motaus!skipper From: skipper@motaus.sps.mot.com (Skipper Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Amiga seen! Message-ID: <1991Feb1.171129.2618@motaus.sps.mot.com> Date: 1 Feb 91 17:11:29 GMT References: <11674@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1991Feb1.012157.12368@evax.arl.utexas.edu> Organization: Motorola Semiconductor, Austin, Texas Lines: 31 In article <1991Feb1.012157.12368@evax.arl.utexas.edu> hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Adam Hill) writes: > > Don't discount the fact that low cost processors control vehicles >that cost >1 million. The early shuttles had 6502 equivalent procesors >controlling the hardware. And HP-41 were used as data collection >terminals. > > I always thought that the military was one of the largest purchasers >of Motorola chips. Perhaps someone in the military/space programs >would care to comment. > > Maybe someone from NewTek could check the registered user list :-) >:-) > >-- > adam hill -- hill@evax.uta.edu > I programmed for three days Make Up Your Own Mind.. AMIGA! > And heard no human voices. Amiga... Multimedia NOW! > But the hard disk sang. - TZoP Born To Run SVR4 Well, I don't work for DoD, but I doubt anybody from DoD would be able to give you an answer based on anything more than heresay. The entire federal government (including DoD) does not consume more of our chips then some of our larger customers. That isn't saying that the Fed isn't in the top ten, just that we do have significantly larger customers. -- Skipper Smith | skipper@motaus.sps.mot.com Motorola Technical Training | 8945 Guilford Rd Ste 145 All opinions are my own, not my employers | Columbia, MD 21046