Table of key parameters for Voyager computing system Pic of flight data board Pic of 8-track digital tape recorder

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   AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 14-Mar-2024 20:17:17 JST AkaSci 🛰️

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   Voyager's computer systems were custom-built using 1960s technology, with clock speeds measured in KHz and RAM in kbytes, running hand-crafted software, crammed into 4K of 18-bit wide plated-wire memory (similar to but better than core mem).

   And yes, it uses digital 8-track tape for storage.

   The custom-designed hardware, (upgraded) software and instruments are mostly still functioning after 46 years in space!

   https://history.nasa.gov/computers/Ch6-2.html
   https://hackaday.com/2018/11/29/interstellar-8-track-the-low-tech-data-recorders-of-voyager/
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