I read in Challenger:A major malfunction that some of the emergency oxygen cylinders were used which suggests that some were conscious.
I guess the problem is that there was very little for them to do but wait for the inevitable. Even if they opened the hatch they didnt have a parachute so they could not escape.
This is all commmon knowledge. A book was released in the late eighties called "Challenger: A major malfunction". Even more interesting in the book is the fact that NASA had a safety meeting about the effect of the frost on the O rings, they knew that this might happen!
Just a small point, JFK wasn`t assasinated on live TV because they didn`t know he was going to be shot (Or did they };-). LHO was the first person killed on live TV.
>I wonder if the HAM operators would have been able to talk to them.
I remeber speaking to a HAM operator years ago and he claimed to have heard something like this that had happened to the russians. Stranded in orbit due to a malfuntion.
I dont think so, the press release says >I should mention that our technology decision does not reflect negatively on QNX. which suggests to me that they are dropping QNX completely.
That said they mention legally binding discussions, so possibly part of the settlement allows QNX to release what they have done as part of their os?
Amiga Inc have started using the term Operating Environment to suggest that it will be more advanced than current offerings. I just hope it is as advanced as they say and it`s not just vapor.
How refreshing to read something positive, I dont know why some people are suggesting this is a bad idea. Quite simply if it dont interest you then dont buy it.
I agree with most of your points except > 2. Put the graphics (Voodoo or whatever) and networking and all on one board like the good old days. I would prefer that any custom hardware go on daughter boards( like the cpu card on A4000`s) or better implemented PCI/AGP slots. At least when the technology becomes obsolete you can add the latest GFX chips etc.
>The most RAM I saw them offer was 32 MB Before my 1200 packed in 18 months ago I was surfing the net quite comfortably with 6MB!! This aint windoze 32MB just to run the OS
>they're 10 years out of date! About seven actually. Thats why they are developing a NEXT GENERATION AMIGA !!
I think that was always the plan anyway. p.s. www.cloanto.com sell a package called amiga forever, which uses UAE and has official licenced ROM images from (i think)1.2 to 3.0 from Amiga Int.
>So QNX had 40 supposedly very talented engineers working on the "next generation" Amiga OS, and as soon as this is announced, completely different plans are announced. What's the point of all this???
Ever thought that this was a spoiler put out by QNX since they lost the contract? IF you read the full story you will note that Amiga started looking at LINUX in February. I`m sure QNX new they lost the deal before they posted that story.
>The new Motorola G4 PowerPC will undoubtedly be the CPU.
That wouldn`t be a bad idea as a lot of stuff is being ported to ppc already thank to the efforts of phase5 and Hague+Partners. That said the first press release at WAO in London stated that the new CPU definately wasn`t coming from Motorola.
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>re-entry heat is pretty high, right?
Yes but they never left the atmosphere did they, they were no higher then a commercial airliner when the accident happened.
>into 207 MPH wind is pretty unpleasant.
Very true, but i`d would have liked to have a choice between that and certain death if I was one of them.
I read in Challenger:A major malfunction that some of the emergency oxygen cylinders were used which suggests that some were conscious.
I guess the problem is that there was very little for them to do but wait for the inevitable. Even if they opened the hatch they didnt have a parachute so they could not escape.
This is all commmon knowledge. A book was released in the late eighties called "Challenger: A major malfunction". Even more interesting in the book is the fact that NASA had a safety meeting about the effect of the frost on the O rings, they knew that this might happen!
Just a small point, JFK wasn`t assasinated on live TV because they didn`t know he was going to be shot (Or did they };-).
LHO was the first person killed on live TV.
>I wonder if the HAM operators
would have been able to talk to them.
I remeber speaking to a HAM operator years ago and he claimed to have heard something like this that had happened to the russians. Stranded in orbit due to a malfuntion.
I dont think so, the press release says
>I should mention that our technology decision does not reflect negatively on QNX.
which suggests to me that they are dropping QNX completely.
That said they mention legally binding discussions, so possibly part of the settlement allows QNX to release what they have done as part of their os?
Amiga Inc have started using the term Operating Environment to suggest that it will be more advanced than current offerings. I just hope it is as advanced as they say and it`s not just vapor.
>I know the chips, and I know that the chip selected
Do you have some insider info here or are you just repeating the press release from last year?
If its the former please tell:)
How refreshing to read something positive, I dont know why some people are suggesting this is a bad idea. Quite simply if it dont interest you then dont buy it.
I agree with most of your points except
> 2. Put the graphics (Voodoo or whatever) and networking and all on one board like the good old days.
I would prefer that any custom hardware go on daughter boards( like the cpu card on A4000`s) or better implemented PCI/AGP slots. At least when the technology becomes obsolete you can add the latest GFX chips etc.
>The most RAM I saw them offer was 32 MB
Before my 1200 packed in 18 months ago I was surfing the net quite comfortably with 6MB!! This aint windoze 32MB just to run the OS
>they're 10 years out of date!
About seven actually. Thats why they are developing a NEXT GENERATION AMIGA !!
I think that was always the plan anyway.
p.s. www.cloanto.com sell a package called amiga forever, which uses UAE and has official licenced ROM images from (i think)1.2 to 3.0 from Amiga Int.
>So QNX had 40 supposedly very talented engineers working on the "next generation" Amiga OS, and as soon as this is announced, completely different plans are announced. What's the point of all this???
Ever thought that this was a spoiler put out by QNX since they lost the contract?
IF you read the full story you will note that Amiga started looking at LINUX in February. I`m sure QNX new they lost the deal before they posted that story.
>but the Amiga... well you had to use a workbench disk... say no more.
Whats your point?
>The new Motorola G4 PowerPC will undoubtedly be the CPU.
That wouldn`t be a bad idea as a lot of stuff is being ported to ppc already thank to the efforts of phase5 and Hague+Partners. That said the first press release at WAO in London stated that the new CPU definately wasn`t coming from Motorola.