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Re: [SLE] new v9.2 is out-terminal question
- From: Patrick Shanahan <paka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:01:12 -0500
- Message-id: <20041027220112.GI32445@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Patrick Shanahan <paka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [10-27-04 17:00]:
> * 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.
Million, not thousand
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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.
Million, not thousand
--
Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535
http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org
HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos
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