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From: ron@ronnatalie.com (Ronald Natalie)
Subject: [TUHS] Need a new PDP-11 or VAX?
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:15:19 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <D042828D-3A83-4B86-9230-460828D911B6@ronnatalie.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304280724220.36897@aneurin.horsfall.org>


On Apr 27, 2013, at 5:26 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:

> http://blog.dynamoo.com/2013/04/need-new-pdp-11-or-vax.html

That brings to mind "Ron's rule of computing."   Back when 780's were the bomb, one of the managers told me that soon they would have a computer the performance of the 780 that would sit on a desktop and they'd give me one for myself and I'd be happy.     I told them, no, my expectations would also increase.

Ron's rule of computing:    I need a computer this (holding my arms out about as wide as the 780 CPU cabinet) big.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-04-28  0:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-27 21:26 Dave Horsfall
2013-04-27 22:41 ` Larry McVoy
2013-04-27 23:53   ` Dave Horsfall
2013-04-28  0:12   ` Ronald Natalie
2013-04-28  1:39   ` John Cowan
2013-04-28  3:38     ` Nick Downing
2013-04-28  3:48       ` Larry McVoy
2013-04-28  3:57     ` Larry McVoy
2013-04-28  5:57       ` John Cowan
2013-04-28  5:34   ` [TUHS] curmudgeon credit Aharon Robbins
2013-04-28  7:08     ` Nick Downing
2013-05-14  6:11       ` Aaron J. Grier
2013-05-14  6:52         ` emu
2013-05-14  7:51           ` David Evans
2013-04-28 16:28     ` Larry McVoy
2013-04-28  7:45   ` [TUHS] Need a new PDP-11 or VAX? Peter Jeremy
2013-04-28 10:50     ` Ronald Natalie
2013-04-28  0:15 ` Ronald Natalie [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.3.1367200802.17183.tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
2013-04-29 23:19 ` David Barto

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