The Logic Off Topic list

This is a copy of a post on the LUG list.  Trying
to move the discussion to OT.

Dave Shirk

On Sep 8, 2006, at 6:44 PM, Dave Katz wrote:

>
>>
>> I realize this is OT ... but ....  In 1976 I was buying (in bulk)
>> 1024X1
>> memory chips.  The price was right around $6 each.  So One K Byte
>> of Ram was $48.00.  Rounding, 1GB would back then have cost
>> $48 Milliion!  So much fun.  So a little less than in 74!
>
> Sounds like Moore's Law was right on schedule; less than half of what
> I paid.  The Don Lancaster "TV Typewriter" used six bits (and had no
> lower case!) because memory was too expensive (and the character
> generator chip probably only did upper case anyhow.)


Kind of way before Logic's  time!  I knew Don Lancaster, and was
great friends with Dan Meyer of SWTPC.  Great times.  OK - I guess
we should now move this to the OT list.  (But I did mention Logic -  
twice!)

Dave Shirk