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| From | Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Storage Cost Calculation |
| Date | 2014-09-28 11:32 -0400 |
| Organization | IISS Elusive Unicorn |
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 14:39:28 +1000, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> declaimed the following:
>
>No, it's part of the end-user cost of the BBC Micro model B. What we want to
>know is the cost in 1981 of buying a 16K memory chip, without the rest of
>the computer.
>
1981? I doubt anyone could by "a 16K[byte] memory chip". More likely it
was a bank of 8 16k 1-bit chips, or some other combination like four 4k x
4-bit wide chips...
I think the memory expansion on my Amiga -- around 1987 -- took 32 or
64 chips to make 2MB; I think they were 256k x 1-bit chips. The expansion
chassis cost around $480, and the memory chips were another $400.
--
Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN
wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
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Re: Storage Cost Calculation MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-09-27 16:41 +0100
Re: Storage Cost Calculation Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-28 11:14 +1000
Re: Storage Cost Calculation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-28 11:37 +1000
Re: Storage Cost Calculation Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-28 12:47 +1000
Re: Storage Cost Calculation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-28 13:35 +1000
Re: Storage Cost Calculation Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-28 14:39 +1000
Re: Storage Cost Calculation Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-09-28 11:32 -0400
Re: Storage Cost Calculation Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-27 23:04 -0600
Re: Storage Cost Calculation Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2014-09-28 20:07 +0000
Re: Storage Cost Calculation Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-09-29 14:44 +0000
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