Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal: Program Alarms

Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal: Program Alarms: "The operating system featured a multi-programmed, priority/event driven asynchronous executive packed into 2K of memory. The Mean Time to Failure (MTBF) of the machine in a space environment was calculated at 50,000 hours -- almost 6 years, and it never failed in flight operations. It was truly a marvel for its time, a tribute to M.I.T.'s designers, and it accomplished a most complex mission." Don't you wish your computer only failed once every 6 years?

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