>>Jerry;
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>>Some time ago I told a joke at our local VFP user group meeting. I said that IBM bought all PC manufacturers and no more PC's would be built starting immediately. IBM is starting a new marketing campaign: "Main Frames for the Home"!
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>>Tom
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>:-)
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>A few years ago that would have been a wild laugh!
>But, with the power of modern PCs it is almost a fact. My 1GHz Athlon with 512MB of RAM and 60GB of HD is about a 'mainframe' by 1983 standards.


It is not all so far-fetched, were it not for the operating systems that eat all the advantages of the bigger/faster systems. As it is, as the processor speed doubles, bus speeds get faster, Drives spin faster, net connectivty is faster, and all of it is being choked by a swelling code bloat.

1. How much RAM and drive space did Windows 3.1 need?

2. How much RAM and disk space did OS/2 need?

3. How much RAM and disk space did Office 95 need?

4. How much RAM and disk space does O2000 need?

5. How much RAM and disk space does WindowsNT 4.0 SP6a need?

6. How much RAM and disk space does Win2K Professional need?


Why does a processor need to process in Mflops to deliver 1k of useable data? (or even a T/F result?)

And the band plays on.................


Are we having fun yet?