mainframes and other stuff
Jon Elson
elson at pico-systems.com
Mon Nov 24 11:59:00 CST 2014
On 11/23/2014 02:53 PM, John Foust wrote:
> At 09:28 PM 11/21/2014, William Donzelli wrote:
>> The NASA model 67 reportedly had 66 ounces of gold in the CPU. Even an
>> early model 30 could have 8 or 9.
> How could a CPU have four-and-a-half pounds of gold?
>
>
I'm VERY skeptical of this one! First, I know IBM went to
great lengths at some time in
the early 60's to figure out how to make reliable computers
with a LOT less gold than
the traditional wisdom required. As far as I know, all
360's had a LOT less gold in
them than similar-sized machines from other makers at the
same time.
On the other hand, a lot of gear from the mid-60's actually
used gold as the etch
resist on the circuit boards. I have some examples of
that. The traces of the
boards are totally plated with gold!
Jon
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