Changing expectations

Thomas Noppe (tnop@No-Spam)
Thu, 30 Mar 1999 20:49:12 -0800

Wow, I finally found someone who had one of these too.....

I thought I was the only one (but didn't it have 2K of memory?). I
remember I was really jazzed when I had saved up enough money for the
16K expansion module.

-Tom

edward roche wrote:
>
> I still have my Timex Sinclair 1000.
> 1 k with a 7 k expandable plug in module, tape loaded software (no drive).
> I learned machine code with this unit.
> Ed Roche
>
> --- Steve Gottlieb <sgottlieb@No-Spam> wrote:
> > In a message dated 3/30/00, Jim Van Nuland writes:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > Steve Gottlieb
> >
> >
> >
>
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