[inforoots] Re: Spacecraft Pioneer and it's data on old media problem

[Rafael Skodlar]

Carl Baltrunas wrote:
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> On Sep 30, 2007, at 3:21 PM, Jason Scott wrote:
>> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, w1pf wrote:
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>>> First off, there is nowhere NEAR enough information in that letter 
>>> (or, as far as I can tell, anywhere else on the site) to attract 
>>> those of us who have the technical zotz to really help out.
>>
>> I'm coming from way out field here, but I read this more as a "please 
>> people, we're doing good work over here saving history, so we just 
>> need donations to help us continue the work we're doing." It seems 
>> more about getting people to understand the history at stake and 
>> donate, not about seeking actual technical help.
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> It could be... I'd have to agree with that.
>
> I'm not a rocket scientist, but just from my contacts at the CHM and a 
> few former jobs, I know enough people who could do the entire job, 
> including the data analysis.  I'm sure the good people at JPL and NASA 
> are not that enamored with "new" projects that they could not find the 
> technical expertise needed.
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> And, why use old iron, when an emulator, ie. friends at SIMH or (if it 
> is a DEC-10) KLH-10, can run circles around the old iron without the 
> need for massive parallel processors.
>
> A terrible side note: Does anyone have a Cray or Connections machine 
> emulator that runs faster than the originals?
>
The following link might give you an idea what it takes to emulate Cray 
computer:
http://www.notpurfect.com/main/cray.htm
well, sort of :-)
> -Carl
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Rafael