Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ihlpl!knudsen
From: knudsen@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Knudsen)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Soviet and American Shuttles
Summary: Soviet computers
Message-ID: <7197@ihlpl.ATT.COM>
Date: 13 Oct 88 18:37:20 GMT
References: <1574@nunki.usc.edu> <3020@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> <1605@nunki.usc.edu>
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In article <1605@nunki.usc.edu>, birenboi@sal18.usc.edu (Aaron Birenboim) writes:
> They STARTED development quite a while after us.  I expect that their
> computers, if nothing else, would be ahead of ours.

Don't forget that in the USSR the 370 is the state of the art,
tho for small stuff they can make an 8080 chip.

At least that's the case for non-classified applications.
At least that's what they'd like us to think.
I'm sure the Soviets have enough Macs or STs or ATs whatever to
raid for better chips.  And whatever software development systems
go with these.

The subject of Soviet computer science and technology is
fascinating.  Those who've seen things over there continue to
confirm a tremendous Soviet lag, but no way could they have seen
the latest military limited-production stuff.

Anyway, given the Russian tendency to stick with tried-and-true
space hardware, I'd say that their Shuttleski's computers
would be no more advanced than ours.
-- 
Mike Knudsen  Bell Labs(AT&T)   att!ihlpl!knudsen
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