On 11/14/2017 09:10 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
I think the 360 marked the change from hardware-driven
development to
software-driven. The 'arcane' architectures would have
maximised
performance for a given amount of hardware, and
programmers were
relatively cheap. But the 360 reversed that, hardware was
now cheap
and didn't need to work at 100% efficiency, but software
development
was expensive so writing and re-writing needed to be
minimised.
Computer Science seems to be mostly developed in the 1968
- 1973 time frame by average people with access with a
(personal) computer with about 32K of memory.
Hmmm? Not too many personal computers in 1968-73. There
was the LINC 12-bit mini that cost about $50K and was
designed for use by one person at a time. I built an 8008
machine in 1976 or so, and got a Z-80 S-100 system going in
about 1977.
Jon
