I believe Fred Flintstone's computer also used quite a bit of silicon and other minerals.
Eric On Wed, May 28, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Alan Bloom wrote: > "Computers in the Stone Age": I wonder what Fred Flintstone's computer > looked like? :=) > > > The IBM PC, which I bought in 1982 plus or minus a couple of years, > > cost me $5,000 in the dollars of the day. > > It's interesting that the latest, greatest, bleeding-edge PC always > seems to cost about $4000-$5000. Then a year later you can buy the same > thing for $1000. And a couple years after that it goes on the scrap > heap because it no longer has enough memory / hard disc space / > processor speed to run current software. > > Alan N1AL > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
