And those computers Tom Watson was speaking of took a large controlled
environment room just for the various pieces. It was certainly not a
desktop computer.
Desktop computers did not come into being until the advent of the IBM PC
in the 1980s. I bought my daughter a new IBM PC with 2 floppy drives
and 64k of ram for her to use in her college classes. It was later
upgraded with a 5 MB hard drive which replaced one of the floppy drives
(3.5 inch floppys).
We have come a long way since that time. That system cost $2500 at the
time, now I can buy a computer with a LOT more capability for less than
$300.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 5/27/2014 9:43 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
At sometime in the 50's, the President of IBM is alleged to have said,
"The worldwide market for computers is probably about twelve."
Apparently he didn't know Doug.
73,
Fred K6DGW
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On 5/27/2014 1:29 PM, Doug Person via Elecraft wrote:
I probably have 15 working computers.
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