Re: A lovely comment
Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:36:29 -0800
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| Organization | UCLA Computer Science Department |
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On 1/13/21 1:28 AM, Hans Åberg wrote: > My first computer was a SWTPC 6800 at 980 KHz! Hah, the first computer I used was a GE 225 codesigned by Steven Spielberg's father. It took 36 µs to add two integers, and its memory cycle time was 21 µs. Its RAM had only 8,192 20-bit words, which I had to share with up to 19 other simultaneous users. https://www.ge.com/news/reports/basic-necessities-how-ge-helped-launch-the-computing-language-that-changed-the-world