Interesting info Dave. The computer on the 1970s Voyager space probe had a whopping 68K of memory total! And that was multitasking. Source: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/faq.html
73 Darrell AB2E > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:00:22 -0700 > Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Heathkit Catalogs > > Very cool scanning through the 1958 catalog. I had forgotten that they had > that “analog computer” as a kit, even back that far. Consider this, though. > If you get one of those musical birthday cards in the mail, open it up, enjoy > the message (maybe even a personal message added), then toss it in the trash > can at some point. When you do that, you have thrown away a bunch more > computing power than that Heath analog computer had! In fact, I read once > that such an act effectively tosses away more computing power than what > existed in the late 40’s! > > Dave W7AQK > > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.27, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.18300) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
