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MysteriousStranger @misteriousstranger.bsky.social

Because folks have asked about Voyager's "computer": "So Voyager-1 does not “really” have a computer, in the sense that it does not have an operating system or RAM or a microprocessor. It was built in the 60s before any of this was invented and used CMOS-based microcontroller chips from Texas

aug 10, 2025, 7:30 pm • 14 0

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MysteriousStranger @misteriousstranger.bsky.social

Texas Instruments. Overall, it has a 16-bit processor and a MASSIVE memory of 70 KILOBYTES. That is smaller memory than a thumbnail of a phone image today" Quoted from: medium.com/towards-gene...

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