simonbp
Linux, Railway, Beer dork; Astrophysics PhD; occasional interplanetary explorer
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Cake day: October 31st, 2022
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@[email protected] Even calling out a “CPU” feels like a bit of stretch; the formal name is “CCS”, and it’s flight heritage from the Viking landers (but not the Viking orbiters, which were modified Mariner 9s). The CCS has 70 kb memory, which was cutting pretty close even back then, but they couldn’t afford a new computer and had to use the Viking design.