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A 40 MB buffer on an interplanetary spacecraft in 1975 is pretty impressive.
by ak217 12y ago
A 40 MB buffer on an interplanetary spacecraft in 1975 is pretty impressive.
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- kalleboo 12y agoLooks like the buffer was on tape - it would record at the speed of acquisition, and then when it was time for transmission it would spool the tape at whatever rate was appropriate for the quality of the radio link. And it's small b, so 5 Megabytes on the tape.