Posted by Nick Jedrich on December 29, 1999 at 08:35:01:
In Reply to: The Hubble's New Computer posted by Patrick Coan on December 28, 1999 at 13:31:56:
> I am trying to get more sepcific information on the new 486DX2 computer
> board that is being used on the Hubble presently. Who manufactured
> this computer? Was it engineered in-house or procurred from an outside
> vendor? Can anybody tell me the specifics of the board and what memory is
> used?
> The reason for my curiousity is my company manufacures electronics for
> space flight and we do manufacture a 486DX2 single board computer that
> we have provided to numerous space related agencies over the last couple
> years and it would be interesting to find out if one of our boards
> might have made it in a round about way to the Hubble.
> Just for additional information, I was reading in some of the discussions about
> the Sandia project for the Radiation Hardened Pentium board for space
> and it perked my interest as we, Space Electronics Inc, are the company
> that was granted the contract from Sandia to design and produce this
> board. I provided a link below to our parent company, Maxwell Technologies
> Press Release stating this:
The 486 computer was manufactured by Jackson & Tull Chartered Engineers under subcontract to Lockheed Martin. I do not know all the specifics, they can be contacted at (301)805-4545.