[Boatanchors] Re: Today's gear in 2055?

[Vic K2VCO]

J. Forster wrote:

> Maybe so, but in constant dollars, a cell phone or modem these days costs less
> than a single tube in 1955.

Yes, and the way they did it was by eliminating maintainability and 
long-term durability from the design equation.

Recently there was a discussion on another list about the expected 
lifetime of hard disk drives.  It turns out that the ATA drives most of 
us use in our computers are spec'd to last 3 to 5 years.  No wonder 
they're cheap!

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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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