John Schutkeker ) wrote:
: (Eric Chomko) wrote in
: :

: My immediate thought was a memory leak problem (too many mallocs as
: compared to the number of free statements). Disk? I would have thought
: the computer system to be radiation shielded CMOS (or modern variant)
: throughout. Cripes, I get disk problems first and foremost on the
: systems I use.

: Do you know for a fact that this system has a disk?

I do not. And in another post I questioned the use of a disk given the
mechanical nature being suspect to a higher probability to failure.

: Since the working
: software is completely static (except for bug fixes from earth), it's
: memory requirements are fixed and known, and ROM alone should be
: sufficient.

Scratchpad RAM, at least, to work with the ROM will also be needed. Also,
if the ROM code has problems you can program around it in RAM as subtle
bug fixes. Not pretty, but works.

: I would also expect the delicate moving parts of a disk drive to be
: extremely sensitive to the comparatively violent landing process of bounce-
: and-roll. I wouldn't want disk drives to be subjected to that trauma, if I
: were the designer.


Yes, check earlier posts in this thread. Someone else mentioned a disk and
I questioned the reliability of using a disk in this type of situation.


Eric