Gilles Grosgurin wrote:
>
> Back in France my first computer was a Sinclair Z80... I always wondered if
> these were available in the US also. Were they?
>
> Gilles
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John R Pierce <pierce@No-Spam>
> To: <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 1999 7:43 PM
> Subject: Changing expectations
>
> > > > 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
> >
> >