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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: shuttle computers
- Message-ID: <By32LC.8Ko@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 20:36:47 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.170851.25797@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1e6e79INN1rv@rave.larc.nasa.gov> <1992Nov20.204227.19785@sol.UVic.CA>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <1992Nov20.204227.19785@sol.UVic.CA> borden@sol.UVic.CA (Ross Borden) writes:
- >>They are routinely reloaded with different software from onboard storage
- >>(tape, I think)...
- >
- > Do the GPC's have hard drives? If so, how do they guard against
- >shock, vibration, etc?
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- I don't believe there are any hard drives currently in existence that can
- meet the reliability specs under those conditions. The GPCs have none.
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