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28-05-2017, 19:46
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNGAE3FxMrXdGUq8h3-joLGs5WGeNA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779510882190&ei=GCkrWfiEG4mxzAbW57PADA&url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nasa-computing-history-voyager-cpu-space"><img src="//t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTg0CFB-B3Tutl61_-Qqm3AOcXVAJrgWKbOHPL0f-WuyB2lemPtHQ3QVkt0jEJ1VY6Tn0eW9k33" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">Motherboard</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNGAE3FxMrXdGUq8h3-joLGs5WGeNA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779510882190&ei=GCkrWfiEG4mxzAbW57PADA&url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nasa-computing-history-voyager-cpu-space"><b>How the Humble CPU Launched NASA&#39;s Golden Age of Space Exploration</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Motherboard</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">The Voyager craft, on the other hand, were the first fly-by missions to have computers on them as we think of them today—albeit one only slightly less primitive than a <b>Commodore 64</b>. They could handle multiple commands, turn certain instruments on and <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dAaIes_hdZkyBgM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b>and more&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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