Re: www.6502.org

[aarona@/REMOVE/localnet.com (Aaron)]

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 18:15:19 +0100, Harald Albrecht
<harald@plt.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:

>Aaron wrote:
>> I don't know about 6502s in the Space Shuttle. However, did you know
>> that NASA tests the Space Shuttle's heat resistant tiles by simulating
>> re-entry with 200 overclocked Intel Pentium chips?
>
>From this I assume that the NASA uses the overclocked Intel P chips
>as the heat resistant tiles itself? That would explain why they
>overclock them, so that they make them heated tiles...
>
>But how do they do the re-entry thingy? Throwing the P chips
>from some sky tower?!
>
>Sorry -- couldn't resist this one.
>
>Harry "Hirsch" Albrecht

That certainly was a quick reply.

Atmospheric re-entry is no problem for Intel chips. They're used to
the stresses associated with being constantly replaced by newer P
chips in order to keep up with the latest Microsoft hogware.

If the P chips are used as heat resistant shuttle tiles, then I assume
the Shuttle must have an "INTEL OUTSIDE" logo on it?