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- From: dj@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
- Subject: Re: Shuttle computers
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.222510.9957@pixel.kodak.com>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 22:25:10 GMT
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- Henry Spencer (henry@zoo.toronto.edu) wrote:
- > In article <keithley-211192203501@kip2-41.apple.com> keithley@apple.com (Craig Keithley) writes:
- > >> It's not a cycle-by-cycle lockstep like some redundant systems. Every
- > >> couple of milliseconds, the four computers in the main redundant set
- > >> compare notes...
- > >
- > >I seem to recall that this is correct; that the four computers running the
- > >same code are on something like a 40ms main event loop...
- >
- > When I said "every couple of milliseconds", I meant it. :-) It's actually
- > about 440 cycles per second, which may be what you're remembering. This
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- If its *exactly* 440 Hz then it gives a whole new meaning to "keeping things
- in tune".......
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