discrete transistors

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Mon Oct 19 06:46:13 1998

< But you can't build a *system* with that overall density.

Long standing problem but, the military did have machine approacing that
density. Consider that once you got over a certain size it was less
imporant to be small.

< used in the 7000-series computers to SLT (hybrid integrated circuits on
< ceramic substrates, first used in System/360 in 1964).

Yep.

I disagree that a 286 had more raw cpu performance than some of the big
transistor machines. I still remember the BOCES/LIRICS KA10 running some
300 users. I've never seen a 286 run more than 4. Same applies to IBM
2060s.

Allison
Received on Mon Oct 19 1998 - 06:46:13 BST