(dave schneider) wrote:
Hardware is irrelevant. A 386 is probably more than enough.

Perhaps, but there are a lot more navigational computations

Easily handled by a single 386 with a proper OS and application
software.

and a lot more systems to monitor on a vessel doing 18-month flights with aa
limited number of navigational buoys,

I find it unlikely that a space vehicle for an 18 month flight will be
more complex than a Trident submarine. Which submarine does all it's
monitoring, all it's combat operations, all it's everything with the
equivalent of about 6-8 386's.

so allowing more memory, faster processing, and more tasks may turn out
to be an important feature by 2020.

I find that unlikely. Most people use a wintel box and it's
increasing problems as their reference. Problem is, wintel systems
have almost nothing to do with what a properly designed system with a
proper OS and application software can do.

D.
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