Apparently the JWST runs on PowerPC G3’s (the radiation-hardened version of that processor has been a spaceflight staple since the early 2000s)
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Apparently the JWST runs on PowerPC G3’s (the radiation-hardened version of that processor has been a spaceflight staple since the early 2000s)
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Apparently the JWST runs on PowerPC G3’s (the radiation-hardened version of that processor has been a spaceflight staple since the early 2000s)
Tangent, why does Apple not make computers like this anymore?
(this is a rhetorical question, you do not need to reply)
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Apparently the JWST runs on PowerPC G3’s (the radiation-hardened version of that processor has been a spaceflight staple since the early 2000s)
@thomasfuchs If I recall correctly, there are several of those CPUs on the surface of Mars. My Yosemite case long ago lost the G3 in favor of a G4. The machine was a trusty web server for the local MUG for many years.
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Apparently the JWST runs on PowerPC G3’s (the radiation-hardened version of that processor has been a spaceflight staple since the early 2000s)
@thomasfuchs it's delightful to me that those chips are a) like $200k each, and b) reside in the part of the satellite named the "bus".
"as in PCI or city?"
Yes.
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Apparently the JWST runs on PowerPC G3’s (the radiation-hardened version of that processor has been a spaceflight staple since the early 2000s)
@thomasfuchs TIL Power PC lives on as Power ISA. I didn't realize that instruction set was still kicking around in things.
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Apparently the JWST runs on PowerPC G3’s (the radiation-hardened version of that processor has been a spaceflight staple since the early 2000s)
@thomasfuchs I didn’t realize how much I missed this aesthetic.
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Tangent, why does Apple not make computers like this anymore?
(this is a rhetorical question, you do not need to reply)
@thomasfuchs I love this computer. I bought one in college off ebay for $100 and upgraded it to a 600MHz G4. Still have and still works great.
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Apparently the JWST runs on PowerPC G3’s (the radiation-hardened version of that processor has been a spaceflight staple since the early 2000s)
@thomasfuchs absolutely amazing! Back when I could mod my own machines without fear, I put a G3 processor into a 1400 CS. I didn't realize I could run an entire space telescope on that...
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Apparently the JWST runs on PowerPC G3’s (the radiation-hardened version of that processor has been a spaceflight staple since the early 2000s)
@thomasfuchs I loved my B&W G3 400. (Photo from 1999)
B&W PowerMac G3
I purchased this 400MHz "Blue & White" G3 Macintosh in January 1999, ordered the day it was unveiled at Macworld San Francisco '99. It ran MacOS 8 and 9 mainly, OS X having arrived only a few months before I upgraded to a "Quicksilver" dual G4 800MHz Mac. This unit had, at it's peak, 512MB RAM, ATI Rage 128 + 3Dfx Voodoo II video and an ATI Rage Pro for 2nd screen as well as a 9GB, 10,000 RPM Ultra-wide SCSI boot disk. I sold this unit in July-August of 2001.
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Apparently the JWST runs on PowerPC G3’s (the radiation-hardened version of that processor has been a spaceflight staple since the early 2000s)
@thomasfuchs We looked into buying a rad-hardened CPU some time back for a project. We quickly decided we could do without. $$$$$$
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