What would be a comparable early computer with the same computational power? Amazing to think how a machine the size of a room is now only a penny!
In comparison to the usual suspects like Apollo guidance computer or TI-83, it has a higher clock speed but shorter word length and extremely limited ram and memory. Precisely due to the cost engineering - this is meant to run simple, limited size programs.
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We have to go earlier than 1980 but I'm not quite familiar with all of those computers.