NASA Telescope Computer Down

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booman

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I thought this was an interesting article
https://science.slashdot.org/story/...hats-causing-computer-issues-on-the-telescope

This computer was built in the 1980 and launched into space in 1990

Clearly it has been reliable, but I have a few questions:
  • How do you fix it remotely?
  • What operating system is it running?
  • Has it been hacked?
  • Will a reboot fix it?
  • Does it need a firmware update?
  • Will NASA replace it with a Raspberry Pi?
 
Darned good questions. AFAIK, they fixed it but I don't recall how. So is this computer even a 286? The Shuttle ran on 386's, iirc.
 
The 80286 was released in 1982 then the i386 in 1985.

Either would have been more than capable of controlling equipment.
 
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