It doesn't seem like my four quad computer will have more power (for numerical purposes) then the 50s since the computers were MUCH bigger in the 50s.
@control177 ...which begs the question: "How many Univacs would it take to run Windows 7?" Well, I think it doesn't really matter because, with that many tubes, the chances of one tube going dead during boot-up would probably be near 100%. Besides, even if it could, it would probably take a year or two just to load the system into memory.
We got to remember, that the Univac was part of how computers got where they are today. It's not fair tho, to compare the past computers to the present ones.
The Univac did a LOT more with the small memory and resources it had then, compaired to the memory hogs we have today. Today's computers could have been SOO much more effecient than they are now. (computer crashes ring a bell?)
@Luciferminusone I know that the iPad 2 is faster than the Cray-2 supercomputer, the fastest in the world until 1990. The Cray-2 supercomputer could even handle 2 GBs of RAM, but came with a standard of 512 MBs. It had 4 1.90 GHz processors which perform between 1.5 and 1.65 gigaflops per second total, while the iPad 2 has a dual-core 1.0 GHz processor that performs about 1.91 gigaflops per second.
Transistors can calculate millions per second now
TheFuggedaboutit 2 weeks ago
fuck i pad and smart phone
blackrtf 1 month ago
And I'm watching this on my smart phone... pretty much a small computer
TheCelticsdude 1 month ago
Or quill
Luciferminusone 3 months ago
2:25 Can I buy one? They sound really neat. I bet I could do books and accounting faster that way then doing it by hand.
Luciferminusone 3 months ago
It doesn't seem like my four quad computer will have more power (for numerical purposes) then the 50s since the computers were MUCH bigger in the 50s.
In fact the computers took up entire buildings.
Luciferminusone 3 months ago
01:14: 12,000 words per second? WOW! How can the computer keep up with that?
Luciferminusone 3 months ago
Cool to watch. Hard to think that today our kid's toy can have more power that this old Computer. Thanks for having this on YouTube. -- Atco
atco21117 4 months ago
can it run windows 7?
control177 5 months ago
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bob4analog 5 months ago
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bob4analog 5 months ago
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@control177
Why should it run Windows anything? At least it had a stable OS, albeit ancient.
bob4analog 5 months ago
@bob4analog i was jokeing and im sorry asking if it could run windows was an insult to the univac
control177 5 months ago
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@bob4analog i was jokeing and im sorry asking if it could run windows was an insult to the univac
control177 5 months ago
@control177 ...which begs the question: "How many Univacs would it take to run Windows 7?" Well, I think it doesn't really matter because, with that many tubes, the chances of one tube going dead during boot-up would probably be near 100%. Besides, even if it could, it would probably take a year or two just to load the system into memory.
powertube5671 3 months ago
Fallout!!!
C1TeamMidNight 6 months ago
In a matter of minutes!
cuallito 9 months ago
I want it
Jokker120 10 months ago
Did you hear at 2:18? Univac Cloud Computer? Those marketing guys never stop... xD
hoadlck 11 months ago
1200 bytes per second............yay
Doopdon 1 year ago
Lots of memory is great, but the ability to retrieve is real power. Tubes can retrieve without having a train wreck. (and sound great to boot....)
6gu7 1 year ago
We got to remember, that the Univac was part of how computers got where they are today. It's not fair tho, to compare the past computers to the present ones.
The Univac did a LOT more with the small memory and resources it had then, compaired to the memory hogs we have today. Today's computers could have been SOO much more effecient than they are now. (computer crashes ring a bell?)
bob4analog 1 year ago
@bob4analog your right about memory hogs. look at all our semi-transparent window borders and the ability to resize them!
leerman22 7 months ago
And I am watching this on my iPad...
trekkie604 1 year ago 11
@trekkie604 Gotta suck to know there was better machines 50 years ago than what you currenly own >D
SimSuicide 10 months ago
@trekkie604 Congrats, you are what's wrong with the computer world today.
Metal404Head 8 months ago
@trekkie604
Amazing how 'puters got where they are today from it's humble beginnings!
bob4analog 5 months ago
@trekkie604 Can your iPad do 12,000 letters per second?
Luciferminusone 3 months ago
@Luciferminusone I know that the iPad 2 is faster than the Cray-2 supercomputer, the fastest in the world until 1990. The Cray-2 supercomputer could even handle 2 GBs of RAM, but came with a standard of 512 MBs. It had 4 1.90 GHz processors which perform between 1.5 and 1.65 gigaflops per second total, while the iPad 2 has a dual-core 1.0 GHz processor that performs about 1.91 gigaflops per second.
PompousPreacher 2 months ago
WOW! That memory bank holds slightly less than 1kb!! It's the size of a cabinet!
psyjax 1 year ago
tubes rule.....
6gu7 1 year ago 7
@6gu7
Soo True!!!
bob4analog 1 year ago
@6gu7
Albeit 'crude' by today's technology, they did the job! (6GU7...dual triode!)
bob4analog 5 months ago
shit i can do all that on my cell.
jlvyn13 1 year ago
lmao, fun seeing how far we have come.
sliver37 1 year ago
My Acer netbook can pwn that UNIVAC a billion times over!
Jonhny2 2 years ago
Haha, love this shit :D
felixwij 2 years ago
This video helped me on a comp. proj.
FuniDood 2 years ago