19 Jan
2010
19 Jan
'10
5:20 p.m.
M H Stein wrote:
------------------Original Message:
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:38:50 -0800 (PST)
From: David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>
Subject: Re: Computer speed over time [Was: Re: PDP-8/L value]
On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, Dave McGuire wrote:
I've seen 'em before on Freecycle lists (not my local one, sadly!) and on
things like university surplus lists.
Oh, I did a comparison a while ago between a relatively-modern PC and an
early-80s 8-bitter in terms of the time taken to boot the system, load some
wordprocessing software (from tape in the 8-bitter's case, floppy would have
been way faster), and start typing a document. The relatively-modern PC came
out around 2% faster, which didn't seem like much for 25 years of progress.
cheers
Jules
Consumers in our society are extremely
well-trained.
I am regularly offered 2+GHz Pentium-4 machines because it has gotten around
that I'm into "vintage computing". Scary.
What kind of people offer such machines?