Polish Version





Welcome to the short overview of the computers
used in my professional carrier during past 40 years




Odra 1204

ODRA 1204 - 1305 - 1325

Warsaw Technical University
(1972)
I do not have my own pictures
above one is from some Hungarian IT lab

Mainframe computer manufactured in Poland under ICL license
ALGOL was my favorite programming language (similar to Pascal)
I never liked FORTRAN (similar to Basic)




MERA 302

Momik 8b - MERA 302

Warsaw Technical University
(1975)
I do not have my own pictures
above one is linked from Wikipedia

minicomputer based on TTL logic - 8 bit processor - cycle time 1,8 μS - memory 8 KByte
Optima input/output console - optional 8 bit paper tape reader and puncher




MERA 400

MERA 400

Space Research Centre - Polish Academy of Sciences
(1978)
I do not have my own pictures
above one is linked from "www.polskiekomputery.fora.pl"
Please let me know if you have one and would like to share it with me

minicomputer based on TTL logic
floating point 48 bit arithmometer - memory 64 K of 16 bit words
DZM-KSR180 console with line printer - 8 bit paper tape reader and puncher
2 MByte Winchester hard disk




Microcomputer 8080 - University diploma project - platform for my first game.

Microcomputer 8080

my diploma project
Warsaw Technical University
&
Space Research Centre - Polish Academy of Sciences
(1978)

platform for my first game: MASTER-MIND

microprocessor Intel 8080 - clock 2 MHz - EPROM 4 KByte - static RAM 20 KByte
line printer DZM-KSR180 - 8 bit paper tape reader and puncher
SP45DE quadruple 120 KByte single side floppy station




DEC - PDP-8.

DEC - PDP-8

Space Physics Research Laboratory at University of Michigan
(1981)

platform for my laboratory (satellite) experiments


12 bit machine - suitable for measurements control




TI-59 - TI Programmable 59 - platform for first versions of PSD & TRD programs.

Texas Instruments - Programmable 59

(1982)

platform for first version of PSD program
supporting power supply design


programmable calculator with magnetic strip memory




IBM PC compatible personal computer

IBM PC/XT compatible personal computer

(1984)

My first PC/XT was based on 8088 Intel microprocessor, 16 bit ALU with 8 bit data bus (7.5MHz)
1 MByte RAM and four 360 KByte floppy disks - two monitors: Hercules & CGA

During past 30 years I had to replace processors and other components continuously:

  • (1984) Intel 8088              7,5 MHz; FPU ext; ALU 16 bit;      29 000 transistors; 3,0 µm
                                          - RAM   1 MByte - FDD   360 KByte - CGA 320×200 16 colors ISA-8.
     
  • (1992) Intel 80286             16 MHz; FPU ext; ALU 16 bit;     134 000 transistors; 1,5 µm
                                          - RAM   4 MByte - HDD    20 MByte - EGA 640×480 64 colors ISA-8.

  • (1994) AMD 80386DX         40 MHz; FPU ext; ALU 32 bit;     275 000 transistors; 1,0 µm
                                          - RAM  16 MByte - HDD  200 MByte - SVGA 1024×768 256 colors ISA-16 256 KByte     - Internet    16 Kbps.

  • (1996) Intel 80486DX4      100 MHz; FPU int; ALU 32 bit;   1 600 000 transistors; 0,6 µm
                                          - RAM  32 MByte - HDD     1 GByte - XGA2 1024×768 1 mln colors PCI 1 MByte           - Internet    64 Kbps.

  • (1998) Celeron Mendocino 333 MHz; FPU int;  ALU 32 bit; 19 000 000 transistors; 0,25 µm; FSB  66 MHz; L2 cache 128 KByte
                                          - RAM 128 MByte - HDD   30 GByte - SXGA 1280×1024 16 mln colors AGP2 32 MByte   - Internet  115 Kbps.

  • (2001) Celeron Tualatin    1200 MHz; FPU int; ALU 32 bit; 28 100 000 transistors; 0,13 µm; FSB 100 MHz; L2 cache 256 KByte
                                          - RAM 512 MByte - HDD 210 GByte - SXGA 1280×1024 16 mln colors AGP4 128 MByte - Internet 1 Mbps.

  • (2008) Intel P4 Prescott    3000 MHz; FPU int; ALU 64 bit; 125 000 000 transistors; 90 nm; FSB 400 MHz; L2 cache 1 MByte
                                          - RAM 2048 MByte - HDD 1024 GByte - SXGA 1680×1050 16 mln colors PCI Express x16 512 MByte - Internet 2 Mbps.

  • (2009) Dual-Core Wolfdale  3000 MHz; FPU int; ALU 64 bit; 410 000 000 transistors; 45 nm; FSB 1300 MHz; L2 cache 6 MByte
                                          - RAM 4096 MByte - HDD 3×1024 GByte - SXGA 1680×1050 16 mln colors PCI Express x16 512 MByte - Internet 25 Mbps.

  • (2012) Dual-Core Wolfdale  3000 MHz; FPU int; ALU 64 bit; 410 000 000 transistors; 45 nm; FSB 1300 MHz; L2 cache 6 MByte
                                          - RAM 4096 MByte - HDD 4×1024 GByte - SXGA 1680×1050 16 mln colors PCI Express x16 2048 MByte - Internet 25 Mbps



(2012)

Today I use computer with 64 bit processor and it's clock is 400 times faster,
RAM is 3000 times larger and hard disc capacity is 3 millions times higher,
and the number of colors on the screen is one million times higher.


What will I use after next 10 years?