Commander X16

I thought ET was that bad. Not a fan. I loved the port of Star Trek Strategic Operations Simulator, Frogger, Missile Command, Space Invaders, Asteroids...

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/mars-probe-gets-windows-98-update seems a better source. Sorry for the misleading previous article.

Some one corrected the article elsewhere, stating the probe is running an RTOS, and that Windows 98 was just used during development. Which makes more sense to me, though I've not confirmed that either. I just took the article at face value.

Edit: see correction below. I find it interesting that a Mars probe is running Windows 98. <a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/mars-probe-running-windows-98-receives-software-update-after-two-decades" rel="external nofollow">https://www.techradar.com/news/mars-probe-running-windows-98-receives-...

Another issue to consider is how much effort to expend. Yes, you want it accurate, but it's a fool's errand to spend months optimizing code to save a few seconds per year. Mind you, I've been that fool before, but when it comes to commercial code, you have to weigh the cost of the development, test...

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