Changing expectations
Thomas Noppe (tnop@No-Spam)
Thu, 30 Mar 1999 20:47:23 -0800
Steve Gottlieb wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/30/00, Jim Van Nuland writes:
>
> > Yes, expectations *do* change -- hard to believe I first computed
> > on a machine that had a 10 KiloHz clock rate, and 20 kbytes of
> > memory....
>
> Is that really 10 KHz? Now, classroom calculators such as a TI-89 run at
> 10-12 MHz (Motorola 68000 processor) and do symbolic calculus.
>
> Steve Gottlieb
Hehe, my first computer had only 2K of memory and I think it was a 10Khz
speed demon (anyone remember the Timex/Sinclair 1000?) It used the Z80
Processor and a membrane style keyboard.....
-Tom