Changing expectations
John R Pierce (pierce@No-Spam)
Thu, 30 Mar 1999 19:43:02 -0800
> > Yes, expectations *do* change -- hard to believe I first computed
> > on a machine that had a 10 KiloHz clock rate, and 20 kbytes of
> > memory....
>
> Is that really 10 KHz? Now, classroom calculators such as a TI-89 run at
> 10-12 MHz (Motorola 68000 processor) and do symbolic calculus.
The computer I learned programming on had a 3.6uS cycle time (around
300kHz), and 8K 16bit words of core. The hard disc drive was 510,000 words
(and 14" in diameter!).
-jrp