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Re:Computing History - Sinclair ZX81 Computer Launched by rbanffy on Saturday March 05, 2011 @10:59AM (#2291654)
So, in the end, the Archimedes really won ;-)

I remember an article on BYTE (badly missed) that pictured an Archimedes as capable of doing floating point math faster than a 386 with a 387 attached.

I always wanted one.

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Re:Computing History - Sinclair ZX81 Computer Launched by rbarooah on Saturday March 05, 2011 @12:08PM (#2291789)
Not to mention that you could power an ARM2 by collecting the waste heat from a 386 using a thermocouple.
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Re:Computing History - Sinclair ZX81 Computer Launched by rbanffy on Saturday March 05, 2011 @06:29PM (#2292820)
I don't know about the 386, but you could power a lot of stuff out of the heat of a Pentium 60.
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Re:Computing History - Sinclair ZX81 Computer Launched by Nick_C on Saturday March 05, 2011 @09:38PM (#2293300)
> BYTE (badly missed)

Coming back apparently: http://technologizer.com/2010/12/22/good-grief-byte-is-comin...

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