Jorden: yes, that sounds right to me. But as I posted above, one thing comes to my mind: if the hubble isn´t pressurized, there isn´t no air. So how they manage the heat? Unless that 486 is made of .13u silicon...
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Heat pipes to control the temps. They have been working diamond as the substrate material because silicon dies @ ~300c and diamond can handle it to 500c! Also one of the reasons for just now upgrading to a 486 is because they aren't using a GUI based OS! The other 2 are rendundant.
Wombat, <q>"In case you haven't noticed, it's a real bitch to get up there and hit the reset button."</q>
They have a laser photo detector for a reset switch on the housing! Anyone up for target practice?!
cjolley, U mean core memory?
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chuck
Chuck
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magnetic donut computers indeed!
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The 48SX only runs at 2 MHz, they need to upgrade to a GX at 4 MHz and 128kB memory... But don't let anyone know that it only has a 4 bit bus. :-)Comment
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Actually I found that Portugal has its own satellite in orbit (it was launched an year and half ago, I think - Posat is the name) and it has a i8088 on it Oh well, what could you expect...
Suddenly that 486 seems very hi-tech to me
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I have a 486DX 100 sitting in my closet, with a motherboard, that they can have.
Paul
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Maybe I shouldn't feel so bad about my 486SX at work.
Mark F.
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OH NO, my retractable cup holder swallowed a CD
Mark F. (A+, Network+, & CCNA)
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OH NO, my retractable cup holder swallowed a DVD...
and burped out a movieComment
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