Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae

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From	"Rod Pemberton" <buzzoff@nonamewhichexists.cmm>
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Subject	Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:38:46 -0500, <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Friday, November 21, 2014 3:01:04 AM UTC-7, Mark Wills wrote:
>> On Friday, 21 November 2014 03:29:53 UTC, Rod Pemberton  wrote:

>> > Also, why would they use RTX2000 series when radiation
>> > hardened Intel Pentiums have been available since 1998?
>> >
>> Because the Pentium, compared to the RTX is a power hog.
>
> The idea of using a Pentium as a micro-controller on a spaceship is  
> pretty funny --- only Rod would think of that!

Really?  ...  Why?

It seems Intel chips have been used quite a bit for just that:
http://www.cpushack.com/space-craft-cpu.html


Rod Pemberton

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Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2014-11-13 14:09 -0800
  Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-11-13 19:19 -0800
    Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2014-11-13 20:11 -0800
      Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-11-13 20:22 -0800
        Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-11-14 02:48 -0800
          Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Forth Wright <forthwrightly@spritely.net> - 2014-11-14 11:05 +0000
            Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae november.nihal@gmail.com - 2014-11-14 09:27 -0800
              Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Softw all2001@spambog.com (Wolfgang Allinger) - 2014-11-14 16:11 -0300
                Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Softw rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-11-14 21:34 -0500
                Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Softw all2001@spambog.com (Wolfgang Allinger) - 2014-11-15 06:13 -0300
                Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Softw Rolf Schroedter <rolf.schroedter@dlr.de> - 2014-11-18 10:30 +0100
              Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-11-14 12:26 -0800
                Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2014-11-14 13:04 -0800
                Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae JUERGEN <epldfpga@aol.com> - 2014-11-15 01:27 -0800
          Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2014-11-14 07:46 -1000
          Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-11-14 21:44 -0800
            Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-11-15 13:00 -0800
              Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-11-16 00:15 -0500
      Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-11-13 23:33 -0500
  Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-14 08:42 -0800
  Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-11-15 03:16 +0000
  Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae ratiovsh@gmail.com - 2014-11-18 09:45 -0800
    Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-19 08:03 -0800
      Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-11-19 16:49 +0000
        Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-11-19 17:58 -0800
          Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-11-20 04:21 -0500
          Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-20 11:04 -0800
            Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-20 11:18 -0800
            Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-11-20 19:43 -0800
              Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae "Rod Pemberton" <buzzoff@nonamewhichexists.cmm> - 2014-11-21 19:56 -0500
          Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae "Rod Pemberton" <buzzoff@nonamewhichexists.cmm> - 2014-11-20 22:29 -0500
            Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-11-20 22:49 -0500
            Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2014-11-21 02:01 -0800
              Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae hughaguilar96@yahoo.com - 2014-11-21 16:38 -0800
                Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae "Rod Pemberton" <buzzoff@nonamewhichexists.cmm> - 2014-11-21 20:31 -0500
                Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2014-11-22 11:30 -0800
                Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae "Rod Pemberton" <buzzoff@nonamewhichexists.cmm> - 2014-11-22 14:52 -0500
                Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2014-11-23 05:02 -0600
              Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae "Rod Pemberton" <buzzoff@nonamewhichexists.cmm> - 2014-11-21 19:43 -0500
              Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2014-11-22 01:33 +0100
      Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2014-11-19 18:12 +0100
        Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Softw all2001@spambog.com (Wolfgang Allinger) - 2014-11-19 16:42 -0300
        Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-11-19 16:12 -0500

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