 | 2002 - 608 lapas
...from 1 949 stated. "Where a calculator on the ENIAC (electronic numerical integrator and calculator) is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1 000 tubes and weigh only one and a half tons." That observation did not turn out to be entirely correct.... | |
 | Bathroom Readers' Institute - 1991 - 230 lapas
...whatsoever." — Auguste Lumiere (inventor of the movie camera), 1895. ...ON COMPUTERS "While a calculator now is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30...in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and only weigh 1 1/2 tons." — Popular Mechanics, 1949 "I think there is a world market for about five... | |
 | Jeremy Greenwood - 1997 - 52 lapas
...information age still was not obvious. Just after World War II, Popular Mechanics (March 1949) wrote, "Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with...tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may only have 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh only I1/* tons." The Electrification of America. The electrification... | |
 | Gordon W. Fuller - 1998 - 228 lapas
...absolute temperature scale. • "Where a calculator on the ENIAC computer (one of the original computers) is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1 ,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh only V/i tons." The source was Popular Mechanics 1949. • "I... | |
 | Neil A. Gershenfeld - 1999 - 244 lapas
...rather ominous things for the military or industry. Popular Mechanics in 1949 made the bold guess that "Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with...may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh iVi tons." Later came the fictional images inspired by this reality, captured by the Jetsons' cartoon... | |
 | Gil Kalai, Günter M. Ziegler - 2000 - 236 lapas
...determines our starting point. i "Where a calculator like the ENIAC today is equipped with 18, 000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1 , 000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh only 1 ^ tons." - Popular Mechanics, March 1949, p. 258. cube... | |
 | Ian Vásquez - 2000 - 312 lapas
...in the Washington Post, April 26, 1999; and Forrester Research, cited in USA Today, June 22, 1999. computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps only weigh 11/2 tons." Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple Computer, was asked by Xerox executives in... | |
 | Andrei Khurshudov - 2001 - 386 lapas
...Examples? Find below three particular favorites of mine and let's then proceed to the first chapter. Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000...may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh IVS tons. -Popular Mechanics, March 1949 There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.... | |
 | John Catsoulis - 2002 - 318 lapas
...give embedded software far better coverage than I could do justice to here. The PIC Microcontrollers Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000...may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1 1/2 tons. — Popular Mechanics, March 1949 To start our exploration of microprocessor hardware,... | |
 | Howard Edson - 2003 - 300 lapas
...world market for maybe five computers. Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 While a calculator now is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30...in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and only weigh 1 1/2 tons. Popular Mechanics 1949 I have traveled the length and breadth of this country... | |
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Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh only 1.5 tons. 
