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Re: % system ASP used . . . : 99.6266

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: % system ASP used . . . : 99.6266


> From: Westdorp, Tom <Tom.Westdorp@StationCasinos.com>
> > System ASP . . . . . . . :     1370 G
>
> Wonderful example of Moore's law. When I started in this field
> Anno Domine 1962 the computer had a drum of 32K. With a
> doubling time of 18 months, Moore's law predicts 39/1.5 = 26
> doublings, and in fact 32K * 2^26 = 2049 G. Close enough,
> or is it time for an upgrade to be 'current' via-a-vis Moore's
law :-)


Well our HP at college had  a drum with 750K, and a year and a
half later they added more heads and it had 1.5 MB , so I guess
they were following the law.

How did you see to punch those cards for the computer, by
gaslight? Did you commute in a buckboard? What did you eat before
they invented the cheeseburger?

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