On 12/18/2012 5:16 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > What's so amazing to me about that - $11 for 2 GB of memory. Remember > when RAM was measured by MB and cost hundreds of dollars? Oy...
MB? as in megabytes? I remember when RAM was hand-wired core memory and 4KW (e.g., 8 KB) cost nearly as much as the minicomputer I put it in. The first-cost of the machine with memory was more than US$10000. That PDP-11* was the hottest thing on the block but I recently looked up the specs and it weighed in at approximately 0.019 MegaWheatstones, a fraction of what a RaspberryPi can do. I reconciled myself to the prices we were paying because the computers let us do experiments and experimental analyses that we weren't getting done any other way. I could probably git-er-done with an Android or iPhone today. The price/performance ratios of today's electronics are breathtaking. Regards, Kent *the model line was so new they didn't call it a PDP-11/20 yet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
