Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmitter Not Used Since 1981

Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by iforgotpassword on Monday November 18, 2024 @02:51AM (#42170582)

But that's stuff from 25 years ago. Try it, get a windows phone with version 8.1 from ebay now and see how far you get.

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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by krige on Monday November 18, 2024 @04:11AM (#42170895)

I still have one, as a backup. It works.

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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by wvh on Monday November 18, 2024 @04:34AM (#42171007)

What about the browser? Still loading modern websites? That was an issue the last time I tried to reuse some of my ancient tech stuff.

I guess technology lasting a long time for specific non-commercial purposes is one thing, keeping up with modern society in general another.

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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by eru on Monday November 18, 2024 @05:04AM (#42171118)

Yes, that's stuff from 25 years ago. It still works in the sense that the hardware was built to last.

It's not the fault of the phone's hardware that the world has moved on. But this underscores my point: if the hardware lasts longer than the eco-system around it, that's useless, and the company should have probably saved customers a few pennies by going with something less sturdy.

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