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| From | Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Raspberry Pi 3? |
| Date | 2016-06-11 10:44 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <ds28cbFc6elU52@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <njemf2$c9r$1@dont-email.me> <ds0i3aFc6elU48@mid.individual.net> <MPG.31c52bdca9d3d48798a237@news.eternal-september.org> |
On Fri, 10 Jun 2016 20:56:46 -0400, J. Clarke wrote: > In article <ds0i3aFc6elU48@mid.individual.net>, news0006@eager.cx > says... >> >> On Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:30:40 +0100, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote: >> >> > Just been perusing this and marvelling that for £35 / $35 you get a >> > quad core 64 bit ARM architecture and aslo studying the ARM >> > documentation for that architecture makes me wonder whether the >> > things we discuss here should get the NG renamed to >> > alt.pointless.nostalgia? :-) >> > >> > It's flabbergasting that 1Gb or RAM and a 64-bit floating point >> > processor is available for 1/10th of weekly take-home pay instead of >> > the 500 years worth of take home pay it would have cost to get such >> > power in the 1960s. >> >> The comparison I like stems from the old joke about the bandwdith >> provided by a van loaded with magtapes. >> >> These days it's a van (keeping the playing field level) loaded with >> microSD cards! Or a 747... >> >> I'm not going to attempt the calculation as it will only lead to more >> pointless discussion. > > Or consider a containership. Latency's a bitch though. http://www.maersk.com/en/hardware/triple-e -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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Raspberry Pi 3? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-10 16:30 +0100
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Re: Raspberry Pi 3? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-10 18:03 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-06-10 19:04 +0100
Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-10 19:18 +0000
Re: Raspberry Pi 3? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-10 20:56 -0400
Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-11 11:04 +0200
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Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-11 10:44 +0000
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Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-11 12:50 +0200
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