0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoIt's the beer, I knew it!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1346arrow-down17
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minus-squareCrack0n7uesday@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·8 months agoUNIX in Bell Labs back in the 70’s might need $40,000 worth of hardware, today you can get an old Raspberry Pie for like $50.
minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-28 months agoThat would be an expensive pie. I also don’t know how it’s going to help me with running unix. The joke: The single board computer is called a Raspberry Pi
minus-squareIlgaz@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoThat $40K is way more than it seems and it is still cheap. To give an idea about the cutting edge hardware prices back in the day, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_2250?wprov=sfla1 The price you are reading is correct, $2M today. That is what happens when you want 1024×1024 display and pointing device like that NSA spy girl. I think one should compare it to an entry level AIX/Power system or HP/UX. Apple does still have certified UNIX OS too.
UNIX in Bell Labs back in the 70’s might need $40,000 worth of hardware, today you can get an old Raspberry Pie for like $50.
That would be an expensive pie. I also don’t know how it’s going to help me with running unix.
The joke: The single board computer is called a Raspberry Pi
That $40K is way more than it seems and it is still cheap. To give an idea about the cutting edge hardware prices back in the day, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_2250?wprov=sfla1
The price you are reading is correct, $2M today. That is what happens when you want 1024×1024 display and pointing device like that NSA spy girl.
I think one should compare it to an entry level AIX/Power system or HP/UX. Apple does still have certified UNIX OS too.