[Elecraft] Elecraft's linux utilities - somewhat OT, or maybe not

[Don Wilhelm]

And those computers Tom Watson was speaking of took a large controlled 
environment room just for the various pieces.  It was certainly not a 
desktop computer.
Desktop computers did not come into being until the advent of the IBM PC 
in the 1980s.  I bought my daughter a new IBM PC with 2 floppy drives 
and 64k of ram for her to use in her college classes. It was later 
upgraded with a 5 MB hard drive which replaced one of the floppy drives 
(3.5 inch floppys).

We have come a long way since that time.  That system cost $2500 at the 
time, now I can buy a computer with a LOT more capability for less than 
$300.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 5/27/2014 9:43 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> At sometime in the 50's, the President of IBM is alleged to have said, 
> "The worldwide market for computers is probably about twelve." 
> Apparently he didn't know Doug.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
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>
> On 5/27/2014 1:29 PM, Doug Person via Elecraft wrote:
>
>> I probably have 15 working computers.
>