27 Oct
2004
27 Oct
'04
22:01
* Patrick Shanahan
* Allen
[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.
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