Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!psivax!quad1!ttidca!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle Computer Info? Message-ID: <4482@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 20 May 89 03:02:47 GMT References: <26.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> <4452@ttidca.TTI.COM> <3287@kalliope.rice.edu> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 34 In article <3287@kalliope.rice.edu> phil@Rice.edu (William LeFebvre) writes: }In article <4452@ttidca.TTI.COM> hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath) writes: }>From foggy memory: } }Let me clear some of the fog! :-) }[Seriously, I'm not trying to show off or criticize, I'm just trying to }gently correct minor mistakes. No insult intended.] And none taken. }>Physically, each AP-101 consists of two metal boxes (very) roughly 1' x }>1.5' x 3', each and weighing about 90 lbs, each. My memory gets much }>foggier here, but I recall one box is the CPU and the other is sort of a }>giant math co-processor. The boxes are connected by a 2" diameter cable. } }The second box is the IOP (Input/output processor). I don't think it does }any math crunching. Right you are. It begins to come back to me now. My personal memory is degraded more than I thought. }>Mass data storage is provided by the Main Memory Unit (MMU), a mag-tape } ^^^^ } Mass Memory Unit. Right again. Thanks for the corrections. -- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, hollombe@ttidca.tti.com) Illegitimati Nil Citicorp(+)TTI Carborundum 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (213) 452-9191, x2483 Santa Monica, CA 90405 {csun|philabs|psivax}!ttidca!hollombe