Mainframes vs PCs (was Re: discrete transistors)

From: Eileen Backofen <backofene_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon Oct 19 19:44:16 1998

I don't know what they had at the Cape, but a reliable source once told
me that the onboard computer had only 48K of RAM since it was considered
too expensive to go to 64K.

Eileen

>
>Back to classic computers, it has been said, perhaps apocryphylly(sp?),
>that "My laptop has more computer power than NASA used to put men on
the
>moon." While it may be true, I've never actually seen a description of
the
>computer resources available to NASA between 1962 and 1969. Does anyone
on
>the list have that information?
>
>--Chuck
>
>


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