From: Patrick West (francis_patrick_west_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Dec 19 2001 - 19:26:06 EST
I have a book around somewhere that states that the TI-8x calculators
have more computing power than the IBM mainframe Nasa used
in the Apollo missions.
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:04:55 -0500, Cottrell, Eric wrote:
>Hello,
>
>If I understand it correctly the original thinkpad had much more
>processing power of the computer in the LEM.
>I saw a picture of the LEM computer and it was a breakthrough
>because it was small and solid-state.
>
>If you listen to the audio of the Apollo 11 moon descent you will
>hear mention a three digit number and perhaps the word alarm. This
>occurs several times and it was 5 years ago or so I learnt that this
>alarm is set by the LEM computer when it had too much data to
>process.
>One of the tracking radars was left on in case they had to abort
>landing. The radar was sending data to the computer and the
>computer was overwhelmed because of the other required operations.
>
>73 Eric ecottrell_at_doble.com
-- Patrick West, francis_patrick_west_at_yahoo.com on 12/19/2001
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