Re: 8k. the system handled 24 concurrent users
- Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Mar 22, 2001
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On 21 Mar 2001, at 22:50, T.Gottwald at DEUTSCHEPOST.DE wrote: > Thats funny, > > 25 years before your >>8k. system handled 24 concurrent users<< today this > WINDOWS-System with 200 MB RAM has trouble handling ONE user . So what will > be in 25 years ? We will have multiple Systems each one with 24 Processors and > they will not be enough for 1 user ... I tend to agree, with the caveat that what that one user expects out of the machine will be vastly more than what 25 users expect today. I still say more processors is the way to go. Rather than buying mainframes, some hi- end users are now buying generic desktop PCs with linux and forming clusters that outrun the mainframes, at fractions of the cost. For the cost of one new 1.1Ghz processor, you can buy 4 complete working puters in the 600Mhz range. When i got proficient with the C64 (the vic 20 and ZX80 weren't up to it, imho), i came soooo close to doing a cluster of C64's,, since i had the floppy drive running my programs too. > Another out-of-topic thing: The Computers needed 25 years to rech the first > GHz > (1 GHz-PC). The next GHz will be in range in 1 Year. /me looks at the (w)reched computer industry. Probably not, line geometries are appoaching the limits of physics to move electrons properly. For some tasks, optical puters might work better. Remember the old dual processor chips, and the way processors now are not only pipelined, but paralleled internally, so in effect, you may not know if you are using a multiprocessor puter now. And clock speed isn't everything, the 6502 and the 6800 could outrun a 8mhz 8080 in getting the job done. > Have fun You too! Kat