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Offline Greybeard

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Then and now
« on: 22.11. 2023 19:39 »

Same place, 58 years apart. And guess what, the 2nd one has much more capacity..
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Re: Then and now
« Reply #1 on: 22.11. 2023 20:16 »
lol

I thought the label was just photoshopped, but seems like a real computer delivery, to be used by "City Treasurers Department"

Something like this > https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Image-1-Elliott-401-Blog-Post-Dominique-Russell.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Brothers_(computer_company)


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Re: Then and now
« Reply #2 on: 22.11. 2023 23:32 »
just think of the capacity the old one would have if you took out all the valves and filled it with those circuit boards

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Re: Then and now
« Reply #3 on: 23.11. 2023 18:57 »
And with 80kb of memory you can do this!
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