Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: space news from March 27 AW&ST
Message-ID: <1989May10.155656.29150@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1989May8.033250.18780@utzoo.uucp> <6958@ecsvax.UUCP> <14318@bfmny0.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 10 May 89 15:56:56 GMT

In article <14318@bfmny0.UUCP> tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) writes:
>That grid was MS-DOS capable but not PC-compatible (remember those 
>days?). I believe the biggest reason they wanted to switch was not the 
>power of the laptop (they really don't ask it to do very much) but the 
>fact that none of the principal investigators for middeck experiments 
>could even BUY a Compass anymore to write their support software! Now 
>with a true AT386 compatible they can program in their own labs and 
>transport the software over to the laptop for crew training. 

Coming soon to a spacecraft near you:  viruses in space!!

There is something to be said for *not* being PC-compatible.
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