Recent content by sherlockholmesjr

There would have been no obligation to vet the 680X0 system. The contract stipulated 68020 did it not ? Why would Collins project want to paint itself into a corner ?

Every time I looked at the project it seemed to be in free fall. This points to someone on the job, causing problems by their ineptitude. Because the job was effectively complete, pre-contract signing. (around 1986)

...their business strategy ? To scrambledeggbrain : did P's "efforts" result in systems that were like a dog's breakfast ?

Mr X is reaching for his pen to sign a budget allocation for me for an extra billion dollars. I misread him and assume he is reaching for his wallet to pay me $100 for drinks the other day and say "I don't need that".

Mr X is reaching for his pen to sign a budget allocation for me for an extra billion dollars. I misread him and assume he is reaching for his wallet to pay me $100 for drinks the other day and say "I don't need that".

That way the "user manual" can be automatically checked.

...releases ? Does quality fluctuate arbitrarily ?

"DSOTs" tests (daily system? operability tests) ? Why would it be difficult to run them ? Did someone not want to sign the system off as integrated ? Did the system work, and was someone lying saying it didn't work ? "Were you lying all the time" Cranberries lyrics

systems ? Wouldn't there be? an "integration mainframe" ? This computer is gradually "peopled" with existing virtual systems. Then you run exercises and gradually filter out what you want and what you don't want. Much of this can happen unattended, with the computer running overnight and at...