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CNews is a Russian monthly magazine dedicated to telecommunications, information technology, software and computer games.
05/15/2002, Wed, 13:05, Moscow time
NASA searches the web for old hardware
The National American Aerospace Agency (NASA) hopes to use the Internet to find computer parts that provide technical support and operation of the agency's shuttle, which launched 20 years ago. The hardware used in these computers is currently out of production.
NASA requires Intel 8086 chips and eight-inch floppy drives. These chips were used by the agency in 1981, among other equipment, for testing missile safe launch systems. The same equipment for testing is still in use today, and therefore the Americans needed old Intel chips.
If the necessary "hardware" is found, the life of the (Space) shuttle, which was originally planned to be used until 2012, will be extended until 2020.
NASA plans to list its bids on eBay and Yahoo!
Based on materials from Silicon.com
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dps
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| dps wrote: |
If the necessary "hardware" is found, the life of the (Space) shuttle, which was originally planned to be used until 2012, will be extended until
2020. |
And yet, they stopped flying on July 21, 2011.
| CPUShack wrote: | | haha I remember that very well, because I sold NASA a bunch of mil spec AMD and Intel 8086s at that time |
NASA Chips are not enough or were they all fake? |
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CPUShack
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| dps wrote: | | dps wrote: |
If the necessary "hardware" is found, the life of the (Space) shuttle, which was originally planned to be used until 2012, will be extended until
2020. |
And yet, they stopped flying on July 21, 2011.
| CPUShack wrote: | | haha I remember that very well, because I sold NASA a bunch of mil spec AMD and Intel 8086s at that time |
NASA Chips are not enough or were they all fake? |
NASA didnt have any, they were for ground simulators and other related gear mostly, so didnt have to be rad-hard, just milspec and not fake
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