Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling....

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Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling....

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05-27-2017, 02:10 AM

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
"...hardened mil-spec 386 processor..."

I would be tempted to use a PPC processor. Assembly code for those is a lot easier to write.

I think one of the later probes runs in a G3 ppc.

Why haven't we just duplicated this design and dropped a dozen of them on Mars by now?

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Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by Paul F. - 05-26-2017, 10:02 PM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by ztirffritz - 05-26-2017, 10:23 PM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by Paul F. - 05-26-2017, 10:25 PM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by Rick-o - 05-26-2017, 10:29 PM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by Lew Zealand - 05-26-2017, 11:24 PM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by Racer X - 05-27-2017, 12:23 AM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by NewtonMP2100 - 05-27-2017, 12:25 AM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by Buzz - 05-27-2017, 01:04 AM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by Filliam H. Muffman - 05-27-2017, 01:19 AM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by p8712 - 05-27-2017, 02:10 AM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by Racer X - 05-27-2017, 02:19 AM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by sekker - 05-27-2017, 02:53 AM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by p8712 - 05-27-2017, 02:57 AM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by Paul F. - 05-27-2017, 03:19 AM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by cbelt3 - 05-27-2017, 03:54 AM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by Racer X - 05-27-2017, 03:57 AM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by DP - 05-27-2017, 12:45 PM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by sekker - 05-27-2017, 03:15 PM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by max - 05-27-2017, 08:57 PM

Re: Day 4,870 on Mars, and Opportunity is still rolling.... - by Racer X - 05-28-2017, 02:55 AM

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