Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ucbvax!husc6!yale!mfci!colwell
From: colwell@mfci.UUCP (Robert Colwell)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Core memory
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Date: 23 Jul 88 01:53:12 GMT
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In article <1250@thumper.bellcore.com> karn@thumper.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn) writes:

>How the space program ever got the public image of being on the leading
>edge of computer technology is a mystery to me. The process of designing
>and certifying a computer system for space flight guarantees that it
>will be obsolete by the time it flies.
>
>Phil

Maybe the hardware doesn't impress you, but their software sure
impresses me.  Landing a zillion ton flying brick at Mach 25 with
only one chance to succeed ain't no joke.  Those folks are doing
*something* right.

Bob Colwell            mfci!colwell@uunet.uucp
Multiflow Computer
175 N. Main St.
Branford, CT 06405     203-488-6090