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Why Buran Had Four Computers, Not Three
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Hacker News | Sep 24, 2026 | dzatona
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Buran’s flight computer was four identical Biser-4 machines running the same programs synchronously. Buran’s sources state the same four channels differently: after two failures the system continues to work on two. Two active channels, disagreeing → Undetermined — ours.
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