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From: spcecdt@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Space Cadet)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle computer reprogramming
Keywords: shuttle, wind, programming
Message-ID: <4987@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Date: 3 Oct 88 00:00:13 GMT
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In article <1543@hp-sdd.HP.COM> hinojosa@hp-sdd.hp.com.UUCP (Daniel Hinojosa) writes:
}Someone here at work mentioned that the shuttle has less memory than
}many home computers, in the neighborhood of 640K. Let's assume for
}now that this is the case. Not only does that seem like an amazingly
}low amount of memory to help resolve such issues, but it seems like
}it could easily be an item that might have been considered for improvement
}after the Challenger incident. 

	 I thought that the shuttle computers were replaced a few years ago
with new ones, since the original computers used early-70's technology.
Surely the new ones have > 640k?  Well, maybe not... :-(