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It's funny I remember this magazine cover as a kid: http://s7.computerhistory.org/is/image/CHM/500004286-03-01?$re-medium$ http://s7.computerhistory.org/is/ima
by utexaspunk 10y ago
It's funny I remember this magazine cover as a kid:
http://s7.computerhistory.org/is/image/CHM/500004286-03-01?$re-medium$ http://s7.computerhistory.org/is/image/CHM/500004286-03-01?$...
The machine pictured (Intel Touchstone Delta) performed 30GFLOPs and cost upward of $10m. Now a computer 400x as powerful fits on a card and can be yours for $1.2k.
- samch 10y agoWow - that brought back memories. Here's a link to the full article: https://books.google.com/books?id=ogEAAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA50#v=twopage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=ogEAAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA...