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Re: [SLE] new v9.2 is out-terminal question
- From: JAMES KNOTT <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:34:18 -0400 (EDT)
- Message-id: <20041028013418.46082.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
--- Patrick Shanahan <paka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * Allen <gorebofh@xxxxxxxxxxx> [10-27-04 16:09]:
> > On Wednesday 27 October 2004 16:59, JAMES KNOTT
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Incidentally, back in the late '50s, IBM was
> able to
> > > reduce the cost of core memory to $1 per byte.
> > > There's a good description of the development of
> core
> > > memory, in the book "IBM's Early Computers".
> >
> > Was that a thousand dollars for a Meg of RAM???
>
> Yes, and a 1950's us$1.00 was probably worth
> us$4.00+ today.
$1 per byte = $1,000,000 per megabyte. Also, I
believe the ratio is a bit higher than 4:1.
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> * Allen <gorebofh@xxxxxxxxxxx> [10-27-04 16:09]:
> > On Wednesday 27 October 2004 16:59, JAMES KNOTT
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Incidentally, back in the late '50s, IBM was
> able to
> > > reduce the cost of core memory to $1 per byte.
> > > There's a good description of the development of
> core
> > > memory, in the book "IBM's Early Computers".
> >
> > Was that a thousand dollars for a Meg of RAM???
>
> Yes, and a 1950's us$1.00 was probably worth
> us$4.00+ today.
$1 per byte = $1,000,000 per megabyte. Also, I
believe the ratio is a bit higher than 4:1.
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