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Comment let's make this clear on the OS (Score 1) 158

This being slashdot, I know the first thing everyone thinks about when someone says "computer" is "OOOOOH is it a windows mac or linux????" You're thinking way too narrowly about the definition of a computer. Chances are, they have a custom-made OS, or even no OS at all (i.e. no need to overclock)--the truster control software might just run directly on the CPU. In fact, the CPU might not even be what you usually hear--I'm quite certain it's not a modern Intel/AMD processor (probably more processing power than is needed). Actually I just did some research, and they just use a bunch of 386s (http://www.dansdata.com/spacecomp.htm), clearly nothing modern. btw, this doesn't at all imply that it needs to run a consumer OS.

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