2007-04-13 01:18:23 · 10 answers · asked by Company_dd 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
It is not a matter of What computer... what computers don't they use. (Did you expect to see the word DELL, or PC vs Mac).
I worked on a NASA based project in the mid-1980s, where they funded 6 Gould Sel computers for our project. But we had these awesome HP touch screen desktops. But most of the computers that we had were Digital Equipment. We had LSI-11 and a way cool Dec 20.
One Gould Sel was connected to this awesome 60GB hard drive that was like a really big external drive. It was about as big as a Wash Machine. During our tests, we'd fill the thing in about 20 minutes. (copy, then delete everything before the next 20 minutes test). For long term storage, we copied everything to 14 track analog tape, using a compressed digital encoding. It was capable of store the data as fast as the Hard drive. So a two hour tape could store10 such 20 minute test runs. This was the X-Wing RSRA vehicle. (which never flew... just like a penguin, kiwi or ostrich.
Good luck and Happy Computing!
2007-04-13 01:31:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I imagine that the computers at NASA were hand built. I'm certain they are far above being happy to get a dell.
2007-04-13 08:25:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
*RIACS and Mac OS X: A Critical Edge for NASA 3D Rendering
The development team at the Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS), which does work for NASA, was in search of a single computer platform that could handle a variety of tasks. They wanted a UNIX operating system to handle complex data rendering and provide the UNIX tools they used, but they also needed a high-performance, integrated development environment (IDE) to dramatically reduce code development time. In addition, they wanted access to applications that don't run on UNIX—all on one system. Their solution? Mac OS X.
2007-04-13 08:26:25 · answer #3 · answered by simonjohnlaw 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Commodore 64
2007-04-13 08:21:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sinclair Zx 80
2007-04-13 08:21:25 · answer #5 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One with pretty lights thats why we buy lots of things I was joking to the idiots saying old computers the question says use not used learn to read
2007-04-13 08:23:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Commodore 64 with the tape drive :)
2007-04-13 08:22:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Probably custom built machines with good proccessors and a whop-off amount of RAM and hdd space.
2007-04-13 08:24:12 · answer #8 · answered by helpwhenicanman 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If I tell you I will have to kill you
P.S. Only kidding
2007-04-13 12:36:13 · answer #9 · answered by Gary Crant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
altaire you dummies! 1K ram!
2007-04-13 08:23:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋