[Elecraft] Computers in the Stone Age

[Eric Ross]

I believe Fred Flintstone's computer also used quite a bit of silicon
and other minerals.

Eric

On Wed, May 28, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Alan Bloom wrote:
> "Computers in the Stone Age":  I wonder what Fred Flintstone's computer 
> looked like?  :=)
> 
>  > The IBM PC, which I bought in 1982 plus or minus a couple of years,
>  > cost me $5,000 in the dollars of the day.
> 
> It's interesting that the latest, greatest, bleeding-edge PC always 
> seems to cost about $4000-$5000.  Then a year later you can buy the same 
> thing for $1000.  And a couple years after that it goes on the scrap 
> heap because it no longer has enough memory / hard disc space / 
> processor speed to run current software.
> 
> Alan N1AL
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