On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Kent A. Reed <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Kent, Yeah, I was speaking mainly of the PC type memory. The Vax servers we had running here at the Lab, and even the later Alpha's had memory that cost into the multiple thousands of dollars. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
