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From: new@udel.EDU (Darren New)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: USSR Microcomputers: How far behind US?
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Date: 9 May 89 22:25:18 GMT
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In article <1203@isieng.UUCP> roy@isieng.UUCP (Roy Wells) writes:
>Also remember that our shuttle has really antique computers onboard.  
>What boggles the brain is that we won't retrofit the thing with 
>something more modern.

Why? They work, don't they? (:-)  (At least usually?)
Other than the fact that programs need to be manually 
loaded in flight for different phases of the mission,
using old reliable technology gives old reliable
performance. -- Darren