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Old 28th Jun 2019, 13:58
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Alchad
 
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Originally Posted by Peter H
Nice find. I'm still having problems interpreting things though, any ideas on:
The deliberately broken microprocessor had become overwhelmed with data from the flight control system.
- If its "broken", how is it still working.
- If its "crippled" by how much.
- Or is it "restarting" after some sort of interrupt/reboot.
- Finally is the "overload" a transient effect, or the new status quo.

Peter
I'm with you. I think "breaking" is the wrong word, sounds more likely that it was overloaded (or overwhelmed as you say) and just went on a "go slow" rather than turned up it's toes and failed permanently.

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