A nano second was a foot. So a microsecond would be 1000 ft. A millisecond would be 1M feet or 186 miles. Even very thin transformer wire would be pretty heavy.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Nims,Alva John (Al) <ajn...@ufl.edu> wrote: > Oops, so it was not a "Second" (remember my little side note). I am pretty > sure that she had a coil of wire that represented one of the times. > > Al Nims > Systems Admin/Programmer 3 > UFIT > University of Florida > (352) 273-1298 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Tom Marchant > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 2:53 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper > > On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:49:05 +0000, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote: > >>Yes, if I remember correctly (note message about memory core), but she had >>brought in a large coil of wire for that one. > > Yep. Very long. 186,000 miles, or about a billion feet. > >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] >>On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin >>> >>>Errr... "Second"? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
