rec.autos.simulators

Technically shortsighted

Chuck Stuar

Technically shortsighted

by Chuck Stuar » Sat, 04 Jan 1997 04:00:00

More for those technically shortsighted.

Borrowed from r.a.s.n.

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Chuck Stuart - Mesquite TX USA  
RaceTime utility program for Nascar1/Indycar2.  
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Mike Radl

Technically shortsighted

by Mike Radl » Sun, 05 Jan 1997 04:00:00


>More for those technically shortsighted.

>> "Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equpped with 18,000 vaccuum tubes
>> and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum
>> tubes and perhaps weigh 1 1/2 tons."
>>                 -- Popular Mechanics, March 1949

>Borrowed from r.a.s.n.

Chuck,
I think your dreaming! The increased complexity of modern computing is only
going to bring about the need for more tubes. I know it may be hard for you
to understand the laws of physics tied to computing, but computers WILL
continue to get larger<BWG>

Mike Radler


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