grx0644@uoft02.utoledo.edu (07/29/90)
Heres something I got off of another commodore discussion and I thought someone might get a giggle out of it. >From: IN%"COMMODOR@UBVM.BITNET" "COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION" 27-JUL-1990 15:31:48.48 >To: Multiple recipients of list COMMODOR <COMMODOR@UBVM.BITNET> O.K. Here are the conversions from Cray units to Commodore 64 units: All numbers are approximate. Mass: 1 Cray (19000 pounds) = 3800 C64 (5 pounds) Size: 1 Cray (150 Sq foot) = 150 C64 (1 Sq foot) Volume: 1 Cray (600 Cu feet) = 2400 C64 (1/4 Cu foot) Memory: 1 Cray (2 Gigabyte) = 32768 C64 (64Kbytes) (Cray-2 memory) I/O speed: 1 Cray (12Gbyte/sec) =131072 C64 (16Kbyte/sec) (C64 gets a break) Users: 1 Cray (256 users) = 256 C64 (1 reluctant user) Cost: 1 Cray ($20Mil) = 200000 C64 ($100) Coolness: 1 Cray (Way cool) = Loads-and-loads C64 (As cool as a Gremlin) Disks: 1 Cray (48 DrivesX600Mbyte) = Infinite C64 (I don't have a disk drive) Keys: 0 Cray (No keys) Mouse: 0 Cray (No Mouse) Graphics: 0 Cray (No Graphics) Games: 1 Cray (rogue, wump etc.) = .000001 C64 (Loads'o'games) Sound: 0 Cray (No Sound) = 1 C64 (Three count 'em three voices) Basic: 0 Cray (No Way) Cartridge: 0 Cray (Got a 10Mbyte cartridge?) Slots: 1 Cray (1728 Slots) = 1500 C64 (1+Slots) Wires: 1 Cray (60 miles) = 31680 C64 (10 Feet). Seats: 1 Cray (10 comfortably) = 30 C63 (I need three to sit on) Colors: 1 Cray (Any color you choose) = Infinite C64 (What color is that anyway?) Flops: 1 Cray (2.2Gigaflop) = 1 Billion C64 (64 Bit floatingpoint in software?) Kernel: 1 Cray (2.5Mbyte) = 300 C64 (8 Kbyte) Hello_world: 1 Cray (300000Bytes) = 12500 C64 (24 bytes) That's it. -Alan Kilian Cray Research, Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Interesting to say the least. ------------------------------------------------------+ |\/\/\/| | | | "Hey Dude, Don't have a cow!" | | (o)(o) - Bart | | _) | | ,___| --------------------------------------------+ | / InterNet: Grx0644@uoft02.utoledo.edu /____\ BitNet : Grx0644@uoft02.BitNet Snail Mail: 1432 Frontenac St, Toledo, OH 43607