Re:This is good stuff (Score 1)

Well, I work in Space Station training and can fill you in on some of the stuff. Laptops will be IBM Thinkpad 760XDs (166 Pentiums w/ 64 MB ram)running Solaris 2.5 on the command/control computers(PCS) and Win9x on the support computers(SSC). PCSs will be on a hardwired 1553 bus, SSCs on a RF Ethernet network with a NT server. PCSs have custom written software for commanding and controlling the vehicle. SSCs are used to look up procedures, do email, and "crew support"(entertainment). The "computers" that these will interact with (MDMs) that are the brains of the station are even less powerful. They're based off of 386 processors.