From: hsuri@usc.edu   
      
   Unfortunately the info posted really is targeted towards high school kids   
   and the language used is not up to the mark. Why are such frilly words like   
   "brain" used to describe the electronics.   
   I too  wish they had more details in straight forward eningeering language.   
      
   "hrtbreak"  wrote in message   
   news:VUWPb.9821$dZ2.6758@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com...   
   > JPL has some limited information about the Mars rover electronics and the   
   > VME bus:   
   > http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft_rover_brains.html   
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   > What kind of CPU and O/S are the rovers using (or do I really want to   
   know)?   
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   > JJ Robinson II   
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