Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lars Poulsen Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:20:02 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 10 Message-ID: References: <947j2lx3qf.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <24ffec92-9486-251d-7a42-d376b88b2c9b@example.net> <20241209135847.00004fb7@gmail.com> <9639150c-d17c-bb50-a5f4-20ff82e00513@example.net> <4b3cb76c-7e84-4357-026f-61375788e6f2@example.net> <20241213083212.000050d0@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:20:02 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a055166caa699b5a1fdebc2d0d83c767"; logging-data="1370907"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/lHYX3+ajHGBb7nOxqd0gsKDpkvV4xwtA=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gUuLvifyBko9INoYyD7317ZEAVM= Bytes: 2476 On 2024-12-16, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > I used to design Mil Spec hardware where we had a giant chest > freezer to take all the kit down to -25°C to ensure it still worked. I could have sworn it was required to run at -40 degrees (C or F, same thing). My little company of "4 guys in a garage" has a chamber where we can test from -40 to +70 C. (Got it for free. A friend at a large defense contractor company nearby alerted us when they got a new one and put their old one out in the parking lot for the trash collector to pick up.)