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Though not many people would've had have access to a Cray X-MP back in its time, and certainly not to use it for compression in creating a hobbyist Apple II dem
by needle0 6y ago
Though not many people would've had have access to a Cray X-MP back in its time, and certainly not to use it for compression in creating a hobbyist Apple II demo that's not expected to generate any profit. Again, possible in theory, but impractical in its day and age.
- Retric 6y agoThat’s fair, but if we assume hardware stalls for say 1,000 years you get a different ROI from computer investments. 6 hours on a 30 million dollar supercomputer that lasts for 20 years is ~1,000$ worth of it’s lifespan + electricity costs etc. Over time you can expect various people to have made such investments and historic examples would still be valuable on “modern” hardware.