On Tue, 2012-12-18 at 09:49 -0500, Mark Wendt wrote: > 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 It hurts to think about the $$$ we spent for early computing. Even our minimal /03 using a 8514(?) HP calc for a systems device was spendy. However, that system ran on 16 Kb of memory; half core and half dynamic. It used a Analog Devices A/D to acquire data and the printer off the HP to make a paper copy of the results off the AA. (PE-303).
I still have core memory off a 11/40. :-) Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
