Offshore oil platforms are recreated in great detail, further enhancing the training experience. Photo: Casey Duke


ed by a nuclear reactor and staff engi- neers festooned with pocket protectors, lab coats and thick framed glasses. You may remember those days. Because the capability to store and


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retrieve large amounts of data was not available,


the processors were actually


printed circuit cards with as much on board memory as could be soldered to them. Dozens of those cards were inside


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the cabinets. The processor had instan- taneous access to the memory eliminat- ing latency (read-write delay), which allowed for rapid response to pilot inputs.


However, the undesirable


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