Anyone fancy working on a 40 year old computer

According to this, the last of the original team has retired and they are looking for a replacement.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/27/technology/voyager-nasa/

First challenge is to install Windows 10

How about the 2 teenagers who hacked into Talk Talk's data base .

Their talents should be made use of even if it's not for NASA this time.

According to this, the last of the original team has retired and they are looking for a replacement.

 

http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/27/technology/voyager-nasa/

 

First challenge is to install Windows 10

I thought the problem with Windows 10 was trying to stop it from installing.

I thought the problem with Windows 10 was trying to stop it from installing.

Is 64Kb enough?

Is 64Kb enough?

it might not be enough for windows 10 but it managed to get it 18billion km taking in jupiter and saturn on the way without any real problems.

it might not be enough for windows 10 but it managed to get it 18billion km taking in jupiter and saturn on the way without any real problems.

Well it was hardly rocket science now was it!? Oh wait......

Well it was hardly rocket science now was it!? Oh wait......

No, it's not... that bits been and gone, it's just satellite science now hehe...

According to this, the last of the original team has retired and they are looking for a replacement.

 

http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/27/technology/voyager-nasa/

 

First challenge is to install Windows 10

I'm sure Sheff forum has plenty of arm chair experts (google know it alls) who will fit the role.

How about the 2 teenagers who hacked into Talk Talk's data base .

Their talents should be made use of even if it's not for NASA this time.

Wait for the real smart hackers, the ones that are smart enough not the get tracked or linked. We only read about the fall guys (or dumb guys).

Here is a primer for anyone thinking of applying, apparently voyager has a 1/2 inch eight-track tape digital storage system

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19810001583.pdf

From the article:

"It's like flying an Apple II computer," said Suzy Dodd, Voyager's project manager.

I've got one of those in a storage box under my office desk. It still boots up but I've never managed to get it to fly though. I guess that rules me out from a career change.

According to this, the last of the original team has retired and they are looking for a replacement.

 

http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/27/technology/voyager-nasa/

 

First challenge is to install Windows 10

Here's an interesting article about maintaining an even older one Pretty good read.

http://www.righto.com/2015/10/repairing-50-year-old-mainframe-inside.html

BBC Iplayer has a programme about Voyager, it's worth a look, first shown 2012, you have about 14 days to view it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nj48v/voyager-to-the-final-frontier