Re: interesting take on Olsen's "no reason for any individual tohave acomputer in his home"

prep_at_prep.synonet.com
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:00:16 +0800

Nigel Barker <nigel@hp.com> writes:

> On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:39:10 -0700, Dan O'Reilly <dano@process.com> wrote:

>>Not only that, but DEC couldn't make 780's fast enough! I'm a car
>>guy, and I liken the 11/780 to the Mustang in 1964 - there was a
>>market looking for a product, and both the 780 and the Mustang were
>>that product. Plus, it was a heckuva lot cheaper than any mainframe
>>around then.

> The amazing thing looking back is that for five years the 780 was
> the fastest machine that Digital sold. Contrast that with today's
> systems that get a clock speed increase every few months. Of course
> when the 785 was shipped it was 50% faster than the 780 at a
> whopping 7.5MHz!

You are not serious I hope! An 11/70 with MOS would whop a 780
somthing cruel, and a KL-10E likwise in the later part of the 780/785
life. In fact, a KL if it had been able to have more memory would
match or exceed a 8650. 

-- 
Paul Repacholi                               1 Crescent Rd.,
+61 (08) 9257-1001                           Kalamunda.
                                             West Australia 6076
comp.os.vms,- The Older, Grumpier Slashdot
Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.
EPIC, The Architecture of the future, always has been, always will be.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: interesting take on Olsens "no reason for any individual tohave acomputer in his home"
    ... and both the 780 and the Mustang were that product. ... >it was a heckuva lot cheaper than any mainframe around then. ...
    (comp.os.vms)
  • Re: SSTO one step closer
    ... Reaction Engines completes precooler testing ... Congrats on the precooler testing, now they need to move on to the next ... magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper ... Wireless would have countless new market niches ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: Its Time to Revive The SVO Mustang!
    ... the current Mustang is the ideal car for its intended market ... If Ford goes after the youth crowd they will have to do it ... It wouldn't directly compete with those cars. ...
    (rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang)
  • Re: 8 bit microcontroller market
    ... The market has become more specialized in recent years, ... but their are cheaper makers if your needs are very basic. ... One of the other big considerations is your software toolsets. ... families have better open source options and that might weigh heavily ...
    (comp.arch.embedded)
  • Re: Say goodbye to the American software programmer
    ... The original comment was that we'd get cheaper software as ... >>prices, ... competition drives price down. ... dedicated to what the market one sells into will bear. ...
    (comp.programming)