PX HK...?

John Sabato · 08-10-2004, 12:02 PM

...Or that those cores lost their "state" when power was removed...

yeah, yeah, the first "computers" (read that as "cryptographic equipment") that this old-timer worked on used core-memory and vacuum tube amplified driver pulses that used power sources that would curl your toes if it touched you when you weren't looking... seems like a hundred years ago to me. There is more computing power in my three year old cell phone than you could fit in the average house back then... and the phone will run for two days on a battery not much larger than a business card instead of requiring an armored truck to pick up your electricity bill payment...

Those weren't the good ole' days... these are!

08-10-2004, 12:02 PM	#20
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	...Or that those cores lost their "state" when power was removed... yeah, yeah, the first "computers" (read that as "cryptographic equipment") that this old-timer worked on used core-memory and vacuum tube amplified driver pulses that used power sources that would curl your toes if it touched you when you weren't looking... seems like a hundred years ago to me. There is more computing power in my three year old cell phone than you could fit in the average house back then... and the phone will run for two days on a battery not much larger than a business card instead of requiring an armored truck to pick up your electricity bill payment... Those weren't the good ole' days... these are! __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*