The Unit

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Thu Apr 18 13:22:52 2002

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Hans Franke wrote:
> > Zuse works for me too...
> > But what Zuse Computer will be == 1 Zuse?
>
> Well, Zuse is aa Unit for
>
> m^2 * kg * w
> ------------
> bit * IPS

shouldn't that be m^3 ? (cubic meters, not square meters)

> So a for example the Zuse 1 (100% mechanical,
> binary floating point) ends up somewhere near
> 55 Z,

Intrinsically, the Zuse 1 MUST BE the standard!
(Zuse 1 == 1 Zuse)

Therefore, either we need additional constant coefficients, or we are
leaving out one more parameter in the calculation. (rarity? inability to
run MICROS~1 software? weight? unknown to the general population?
. . .
Received on Thu Apr 18 2002 - 13:22:52 BST