Re: how fast were drum memories?

[Jon Elson via cctalk]

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 01:53:12PM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote:

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Can not be slower than modern computers, It takes 5 minutes for my mail

program to load under windows and grab new mail.

My mediocre laptop running linux is fully up and logged in in 15 seconds! That includes me typing in the password. I do have a solid state disk.

Jon