On Jan 13, 2009, at 4:25 PM, glen wrote:
> >>>> Ahem. I spent $138 ($69 per stick, which was a *gargantuan* >>>> steal at >>>> the time) to update my Mac Plus to 512 KB. At those prices, my G4 >>>> would take $138,000 to fill up, or very nearly twice the price >>>> of our >>>> house when we bought it. > >> >> This was the scary, scary "no turning back now" update that required >> you to snip a resistor on the MB.... >> > > Scary indeed! At the large mainframe computer manufacturer where I was employed in an earlier lifetime, main storage was priced at one million dollars per megabyte. And, our 'puters had a maximum main storage capacity of eight megabytes. Of course, that was 1976, and the memory was ECC and interleaved a gazillion ways. A four megabyte machine burned about 70 kilavolt-amperes of power ... about the same as ten all-electric residences. An eight megabyte machine burned about 140 kilavolt-amperes ... about the same as twenty all-electric residences. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
