Yes. I believe I encountered that machine as well. It definitely was programmable. Smaller than the IBM 5100 (Yes, I've used this one too.) And I do remember it having a thermal printer.
The IBM 5100 Basic had a very peculiar bug. For one of loop statements (a 'for' loop, i believe), once you typed in the statement, you could not edit it in any way. If you did, the statement would not work correctly. This included editing any comments at the end of the line. Very aggrivating, this was. You'ld type in a program, test it and verify that it worked. Later you would add/modify the comment at the end of the line and WTF, your program stopped working correctly. A very bad bug.
One of the pics on the site said it was water ice. That would mean the surface is convered with snow or ice crystals.
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I can almost still understand the PS2 ports for keyboard and mouse, but you're right - the serial and parallel ports are not really needed and add to the cost of the product. Adapters are available for those that still need to have the serial and parallel ports.
Just thread the wire through the zeros and slide them along the outside of the wire. They can't fall off. That's what I've been doing for some time now.
I agree. Why so much? There can't be a whole lot of interesting information that's coming back from the voyager's these days. 4.2 million would pay salaries for quite a few people. Maybe it costs some to operate the radiotelescope receivers. But I really can't see the need for more than 3 or 4 people working PART TIME on this. In other words, I'ld really like to see some detailed accounting as to how the hell they are managing to spend 4.2 million a year on this. $420,000 I could maybe understand.
If I were NASA I'ld try to keep some monitoring, but would agree they need to drastically cut their costs.
If I were a teacher I would never allow anyone to cite from Wikipedia in a report.
Although 99.5% of the information is accurate. Researchers need to go beyond wikipedia articles to better ascertain the validity of its information. It's a good starting point. There is information in wikipedia that would be difficult to obtain without access to a good research library or personal access to an expert, however. It contains a lot of information that could not be found anywhere in a typical public library. It also contains a lot of fluff, nonsense articles.
Just looking at the picture, you can tell that the plane, Proteus, was designed by Scaled Composites. The shape of the rudder and elevators is similar to those on Space Ship One.
In 1986, with voyager, it was a big accomplishment.
Using lightweight composite materials to construct an aircraft was cutting edge technology back then. Before that, aluminum alloys would have been used. Using aluminum, the aircraft would have had to been considerably larger. It may not have even been possible to construct a non-refueled, round the world aircraft without composite materials.
It is not as big an accomplishment today, as now, the materials are more commonly used and have been in use for over 20 years now. Also the navigation equipment these days is much better and more lightweight than it was back in 1986.
Congratulations to Fosset and the folks at Scaled Composites!. I'll bet he's
had enough flying for awhile and he's probably wanting to take a shower and
freshen up some right away.
I'm wondering how much fuel was left when he landed, given that problem with
the missing 2600 lb of fuel. The journey took about 68 hours by my
calculations, which was considerably below the initial estimate of 80 hours.
nbc news had this story http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7075972/
Ya think he might want to take a ship back to the U.K.? He's probably
not going to want a milkshake for a few days either.
The site indicates he's going for the complete trip. They indicated that he got a good tailwind from Japan to Hawaii. The site shows him north of Hawaii several hundred miles.
At the time they landed it was reported that they had enough fuel to fly most of the way across the U.S. A few gallons would probably have been all that they needed to do this. At that point the thing was mostly a glider.
Back in the mid 60's a 'marathons' were quite popular. People would play pool or bowl or do something for days at a time without sleep, to see who could hold out the longest. Usually there was a bit of money involved.
The voyager held 7000 lb of fuel, IIRC. That's a little less than half of what this thing holds. If I remember correctly, partway through the voyager's flight, one of the engines was shut off (planned) to conserve fuel. This was done after the plane was light enough so that a single engine could handle the load.
I remember when the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world was made back in about 1980.
There were two pilots on board that time. One of the Rutans and a woman, Yeager, I believe.
That plane was so loaded with fuel on takeoff, that the rate of climb was very very slow, maybe 150 ft/minute. The wings, which were loaded with fuel would droop down and had to be supported by small wheels at the wingtips until the plane gathered enough speed for the wings to develop lift.
I wish Fosset good luck on this journey. Things will be touch and go for awhile until the fuel load has been lightened and the plane becomes responsive. A lot of things can go wrong, but hopefully improved technology will make things easier and improve his chance of success for this round the world flight.
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The IBM 5100 Basic had a very peculiar bug. For one of loop statements (a 'for' loop, i believe), once you typed in the statement, you could not edit it in any way. If you did, the statement would not work correctly. This included editing any comments at the end of the line. Very aggrivating, this was. You'ld type in a program, test it and verify that it worked. Later you would add/modify the comment at the end of the line and WTF, your program stopped working correctly. A very bad bug.
One of the pics on the site said it was water ice. That would mean the surface is convered with snow or ice crystals.
I can almost still understand the PS2 ports for keyboard and mouse, but you're right - the serial and parallel ports are not really needed and add to the cost of the product. Adapters are available for those that still need to have the serial and parallel ports.
40 MPM, wow. That's like 2400 MPH! I thought it took a jet turbine with an afterburner to achieve speeds like that.
Not to worry. The U.S. Senate just authorized drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Reserve. There'll be oil for a few more years.
But routing fiber optics through ceilings and walls has been around for 15 years.
Just thread the wire through the zeros and slide them along the outside of the wire. They can't fall off. That's what I've been doing for some time now.
Yes, and his town is so small it only has 1 1/2 of them. That's probably why the store in town doesn't sell AMD notebook computers.
If I were NASA I'ld try to keep some monitoring, but would agree they need to drastically cut their costs.
Quite correct. I'll bet the first time a case goes to trial, the law will be ruled unconstitutional.
Although 99.5% of the information is accurate. Researchers need to go beyond wikipedia articles to better ascertain the validity of its information. It's a good starting point. There is information in wikipedia that would be difficult to obtain without access to a good research library or personal access to an expert, however. It contains a lot of information that could not be found anywhere in a typical public library. It also contains a lot of fluff, nonsense articles.
Two episodes of Dr. Who every Saturday night, starting at 11:30 on Iowa Public TeleVision. (Except now during we-need-money month.)
At least enlighten yourself on what others believe. (Or does that go against your religion?)
The evidence for evolution is really overwhelming.
Maybe Intel is thinking 'at least one of these has got to find a market somewhere'.
Just looking at the picture, you can tell that the plane, Proteus, was designed by Scaled Composites. The shape of the rudder and elevators is similar to those on Space Ship One.
In 1986, with voyager, it was a big accomplishment. Using lightweight composite materials to construct an aircraft was cutting edge technology back then. Before that, aluminum alloys would have been used. Using aluminum, the aircraft would have had to been considerably larger. It may not have even been possible to construct a non-refueled, round the world aircraft without composite materials. It is not as big an accomplishment today, as now, the materials are more commonly used and have been in use for over 20 years now. Also the navigation equipment these days is much better and more lightweight than it was back in 1986.
I'm wondering how much fuel was left when he landed, given that problem with the missing 2600 lb of fuel. The journey took about 68 hours by my calculations, which was considerably below the initial estimate of 80 hours.
nbc news had this story http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7075972/
Ya think he might want to take a ship back to the U.K.? He's probably not going to want a milkshake for a few days either.
The site indicates he's going for the complete trip. They indicated that he got a good tailwind from Japan to Hawaii. The site shows him north of Hawaii several hundred miles.
He's headed towards Hawaii right now. They may decide to abandon the attempt there.
At the time they landed it was reported that they had enough fuel to fly most of the way across the U.S. A few gallons would probably have been all that they needed to do this. At that point the thing was mostly a glider.
Back in the mid 60's a 'marathons' were quite popular. People would play pool or bowl or do something for days at a time without sleep, to see who could hold out the longest. Usually there was a bit of money involved.
The voyager held 7000 lb of fuel, IIRC. That's a little less than half of what this thing holds. If I remember correctly, partway through the voyager's flight, one of the engines was shut off (planned) to conserve fuel. This was done after the plane was light enough so that a single engine could handle the load.
How do you know that Fosset hasn't ditched his clothes and is not right now flying naked?
That plane was so loaded with fuel on takeoff, that the rate of climb was very very slow, maybe 150 ft/minute. The wings, which were loaded with fuel would droop down and had to be supported by small wheels at the wingtips until the plane gathered enough speed for the wings to develop lift.
I wish Fosset good luck on this journey. Things will be touch and go for awhile until the fuel load has been lightened and the plane becomes responsive. A lot of things can go wrong, but hopefully improved technology will make things easier and improve his chance of success for this round the world flight.
I think there's a Bond movie by that name. I can't remember the details of the plot.