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#1 OFFLINE   YoKenny

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Posted 17 November 2008 - 08:06 PM

Intel 4004 35th Anniversary Project
http://www.4004.com

http://www.4004.com/...ng-fets-j3-.jpg <== Sort of looks like downtown Manhattan N.Y. to me

Discussion:
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07...248&tid=118
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Posted 17 November 2008 - 08:14 PM

That's interesting stuff. 1971 seems such a long time ago.

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Posted 17 November 2008 - 08:31 PM

That goes along with Moore's law:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law

IBM was doing the same thing back in '65 with its SLT chips:
http://books.google.ca/books?id=Bc8BGhSOaw...esult#PPA287,M1

Back in early '71 I was spending 3 months down in Kingston N.Y. learning the 360 Model 65 and it does seem like a long time ago.
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Posted 17 November 2008 - 08:43 PM

So you will have first hand experience of the amazing strides in development in 30 years. I can't imagine what stuff will be like in 30 years from now. Assuming I'm still around.

Back in the 70's things like Video Phones were in science fiction programs like Moon Base. (Loved those outfits.)

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Posted 18 November 2008 - 02:53 AM

View PostDennisD, on Nov 17 2008, 08:43 PM, said:

So you will have first hand experience of the amazing strides in development in 30 years. I can't imagine what stuff will be like in 30 years from now. Assuming I'm still around.
Hmmm, it is interesting to think what things will be like in the future. For example, I wonder when 1GB bandwidth for Internet becomes an option with your typical Home ISP. :P I hope it is within my time. :wub:

The rest of this topic is a bit past my time or too advanced for me so ...yeah. :P
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