> On Jun 4, 2023, at 11:54 AM, Rick Bensene via cctalk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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>>> yes. a Kombi full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
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>> ...down the Autobahn.
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> Ben F. wrote regarding transport of data in a moving vehicle:
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>> the Autobahn...
>> https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/artifact/331/1893
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> Doubtful that VW Bug was on the Autobahn at the time, and, while the
> advertisement was very novel with a full-on minicomputer in the back seat of
> a VW Bug, the amount of data potentially being transported was likely only 4K
> 12-bit words, or 48K bits.
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> Since the machine had magnetic core memory, the system would retain the
> content of its memory without power, so in this scenario, the VM Bug was
> actually capable moving data from one point to another, albeit, not all that
> much data.
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> Now, if the Bug had a trailer hitch, it could tow a trailer behind it with a
> gasoline or diesel powered generator with sufficient capacity to run the
> PDP-8. If that were the case, the machine could actually process the data
> in its memory while it was moving down the road...something a station wagon
> full of reels of magnetic tape wouldn't be able to do.
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Are you suggesting some kind of, say, portable computer?
Runs, dodging and weaving.
David
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