doublebuffer wrote on 2023-08-04, 11:57:
You are currently arguing about the constant factor of the big O notation
big o has nothing to do with it. Currently several people are trying to explain to you that you dont translate transistors into LEs when implementing something in FPGA as you suggested:
doublebuffer wrote on 2023-08-02, 23:20:You're right. DE-10 has 110,000 logic elements. Pentium has 3,100,000 transistors. Althoug a logic element is composed of at least 3 transistors, there's no way a Pentium core can fit to DE-10.
Just say you were wrong so we can all drop the subject 😀 https://xkcd.com/386/ 🤣
HanSolo wrote on 2023-08-04, 13:00:
I weren't so sure about that. Back then when DIN-keyboards were sold, prices were a lot higher than today. I have a price sheet from a German shop from 1991 here and the cheapest keyboard they offer (Noname) costs 66 DM, which is 34 Euro. With inflation that would 60 Euro today. One from Cherry costs 118 DM (60 Euro) which would be 106 Euro today
BitWrangler wrote on 2023-08-04, 13:50:The way I remember it was, in '93 you were looking for the "cheap" $50 keyboard, in 1994 the cheap $20 keyboard and in '95 the dam kinda broke with $10 and under. Coincidentally or not, due to factors making for a cheap flood of clones, PS/2 systems began to get decommissioned in large numbers around this time and Model Ms suddenly flooded used market at prices between $5 and free if you take the whole load.
Poland computer black market, prices from Bajtek magazine:
1991 keyboard ~$50. Looking at 1991 PC Mags confirms ~$50 for any new keyboard/mouse.
1992 same
1993 keyboard ~$20-30, mice ~$10-40
1994 keyboards all ~$20, three listed - BTC/click/101. Mice "taiwan" $10 , Logitech $40
1995 Chicony $16, BTC $17, MS Natural $140 😮. Mice cheapest Primax $9, Dexxa (google says Logitech made them?) $13, A4Tech optical $38, Logitech trackball $65
1996 BTC $13, Chicony $15, additional ~$2-3 for Win95 versions, MS Natural $50. Mice almost 30 models, cheapest Power Click $7, Mitsumi/Manhattan/Genius/A4tech am-5e $9, WinMouse ps2 $17, A4Tech WT-7P WinTrack Trackball $35
1997 prices stay ~same, looks like market bottomed out.
BitWrangler wrote on 2023-08-05, 00:53:I am impressed by the build of a used Latitude I got which is a bit over 10 years old. Then a lot of 21st century Acer built machines (Including eMachine and Gateway) that have "turned up" here for cheap are holding up well, dunno if this is just a survivorship bias thing though.
all? Dell Latitudes were build by Compal, Compal also makes Acers 😀 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_l ... ers_(ODMs) With laptops you usually get what you pay for minus wanky brands like Asus/Acer/MSI