![My soldering iron has more processing power than my first computer. [4032x3024 - 2.53MB]](https://pic8.co/sh/x6ms59.jpg){kind=link}
Highest clock 286 was 25MHz Highest clock 386 was 40MHz The solder iron runs at 108MHz
Highest clock 286 was 25MHz
Highest clock 386 was 40MHz
The solder iron runs at 108MHz
So my first computer had enough juice to dial in to the internet and run a bunch of programs, and your soldering iron needs more processing power than that?
The future is stupid.
So my first computer had enough juice to dial in to the internet and run a bunch of programs, and your soldering iron needs more processing power than that?
The future is stupid.
To be fair, I used to dial in to the FTP/Archie and pre-WWW internet on a 4MHz Z80 CP/M machine with a 2400 baud modem. That's literally just a rendering engine and takes little processing power to show the text coming in off the modem.
The post wasn't to point out that the iron requires that much CPU power, just that it has it because it's become so cheap.
To be fair, I used to dial in to the FTP/Archie and pre-WWW internet on a 4MHz Z80 CP/M machine with a 2400 baud modem. That's literally just a rendering engine and takes little processing power to show the text coming in off the modem.
The post wasn't to point out that the iron requires that much CPU power, just that it has it because it's become so cheap.
I asked my mom, and she said Tandy 1000 with a 286 in it sounded pretty familiar. Said it was an off the shelf machine.
I asked my mom, and she said Tandy 1000 with a 286 in it sounded pretty familiar. Said it was an off the shelf machine.
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