[Elecraft] OT: Heathkit Catalogs

[AB2E Darrell]

Interesting info Dave. The computer on the 1970s Voyager space probe had a whopping 68K of memory total! And that was multitasking.
Source: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/faq.html

73 Darrell AB2E


> From: w7aqk at cox.net
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> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:00:22 -0700
> Subject: [Elecraft] OT:  Heathkit Catalogs
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> Very cool scanning through the 1958 catalog.  I had forgotten that they had that “analog computer” as a kit, even back that far.  Consider this, though.  If you get one of those musical birthday cards in the mail, open it up, enjoy the message (maybe even a personal message added), then toss it in the trash can at some point.  When you do that, you have thrown away a bunch more computing power than that Heath analog computer had!  In fact, I read once that such an act effectively tosses away more computing power than what existed in the late 40’s!  
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