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re: Space Wars: 80s CRAY-2 Supercomputer vs. Modern-Day iPhone
Posted on 8/30/24 at 6:09 pm to Krane
Posted on 8/30/24 at 6:09 pm to Krane
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Ordering the 3 Crays and gene sequencers is what gave John Hammond away to Biosyn
My first really big hard drive was 500 meg and cost $12,000. It took over a minute to save one video frame of one megabyte.
Now we multi-terabyte drives are practically party favors that come with a happy meal and can play HD back in real time.
Progress is amazing.
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Posted on 8/30/24 at 6:13 pm to Meauxjeaux
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Posted on 8/30/24 at 6:21 pm to East Coast Band
Movies always had to show computers with lights to give an impression it was really working by having them blink faster.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 6:52 pm to NolaAg04
Wtf? Assuming .25" thick that's bigger than 6x3. That seems excessive.
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