T.JEFF'S SOAPBOX
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FILENAME(S): T.JEFF'S SOAPBOX
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..^U:DISKOVERY. THE FIFTH GENERATION C
OMPUTER.. BY JEFFREY L. JONES..
YOUR COMMODORE 64 IS A FOURTH.GENERATI
ON COMPUTER. WHAT THIS MEANS.IS THAT TH
ERE HAVE BEEN FOUR MAJOR.DEVELOPMENTS IN
COMPUTER HISTORY..YOUR C-64, BELIEVE IT
OR NOT, IS IN.THE SAME CLASS AS ANY MOD
ERN DAY.MICRO-COMPUTER. WHAT MAKES YOUR
C-64.INTO A FOURTH GENRATION COMPUTER I
S.ITS CPU (CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT)..ITS
VLSIC CHIP (VERY LARGE SCALE.INTEGRATED
CIRCUIT) IS A MODERN.MARVEL OF MICRO-AR
CHITECTURE. IT'S.LITERALLY LIKE BUILDIN
G CHICAGO ON A.POSTAGE STAMP.... FIRS
T GENERATION ELECTRONIC.COMPUTERS CONTAI
NED MANY THOUSANDS OF.VACUUM TUBES WHICH
GENERATED ENOUGH.HEAT TO MAKE ANY OFFIC
E INTO A SAUNA..HEAVY DUTY AIR CONDITION
ERS WERE.STANDARD EQUIPMENT IN EARLY COM
PUTER.CENTERS, TO KEEP THE ELECTRONIC.BE
HEMOTHS FROM OVERHEATING, AND TO.KEEP TH
E OPERATORS FROM FAINTING..THESE COMPUTE
RS WEIGHED MANY THOUSANDS.OF POUNDS BUT
HAD LESS MEMORY THAN.YOUR C-64. VIDEO O
UTPUT TO A CRT.(TELEVISION)? FORGET IT!
EVEN THE.POWER SUPPLY TO THE UNIVAC, THE
FIRST.COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE COMPUTER,
WAS.SO HUGE THAT YOU COULD WALK INSIDE O
F.IT. YOUR POWER SUPPLY DOESN'T SEEM.SO
BULKY NOW, HUH?.. SECOND GENERATION
COMPUTERS HIT.THE MARKET IN THE LATE FIF
TIES. TINY.TRANSISTORS TOOK THE PLACE O
F BULKY.VACUUM TUBES. THIS MADE COMPUTE
RS.SMALLER, COOLER, FASTER AND LESS.EXPE
NSIVE. STILL, ONLY GOVERNMENTS.AND LARG
E CORPORATIONS COULD AFFORD.THEM. ANYWA
Y, THEY STILL WOULD HAVE.BLOWN OUT YOUR
CIRCUIT BREAKERS IF YOU.HAD ONE IN THE D
EN... THIRD GENERATION COMPUTERS.INTR
ODUCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, OR.IC. THES
E NEW MARVELS PLASTERED MANY,.MANY CIRCU
ITS ONTO ONE CHIP. THIS.FURTHER INCREAS
ED SPEED AND REDUCED.SIZE.... SOME AR
GUE THAT THERE IS LITTLE.DIFFERENCE BETW
EEN THE THIRD AND.FOURTH GENERATION. VL
SIC CHIPS ARE.MORE COMPACT, PACKING MORE
MACHINE.INTO A SMALLER AREA. THEY ARE
JUST.THIRD GENERATION COMPUTERS ON A MOR
E.COMPACT SCALE... IN ANY CASE, YOUR
C-64 IS A LONG.WAY FROM 65,536 MEMORY CI
RCUITS MADE.UP OF TUBES OR TRANSISTORS.
HEAD OUT.TO RADIO SHACK AND TRY TO BUY
ENOUGH.TRANSISTORS, WIRE, RESISTORS AND.
DIODES TO MAKE 65,536 MEMORY CIRCUITS...
THE SALESMAN WILL SAY, "FINE,.THAT'
LL BE $100,000. WILL THAT BE.CASH OR CH
ARGE?".. ASK FOR A 64K MEMORY CHIP AN
D.HE'LL SAY, "ALRIGHT, THAT'LL BE TEN.B
UCKS." SAME THING -- ONLY BETTER...
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE FIFTH.GENERATION? SO
ME ARGUE THAT IT WILL.BE A COMPUTER WITH
A CONSCIENCE OR A.COMPUTER THAT BREAKS
NEW BARRIERS IN.SPEED. SOME EVEN ARGUE
THAT IT'S.ALREADY HERE... I THINK THA
T THE SAME TREND IN.COMPUTER MINIATURIZA
TION SHOULD.CONTINUE, BUT THE PROFIT MOT
IVE.PREVENTS THE FIFTH GENERATION FROM.B
EING BORN..... IMAGINE THE ENTIRE MOT
HERBOARD,.THE GUTS OF YOUR C-64, INCLUDI
NG THE.SOUND CHIP, VIDEO CHIP, JOYSTICK,
.SERIAL PORTS, BEING SMUSHED INTO ONE.SE
MI-BULKY CHIP. RIGHT NOW IF YOU.OPEN UP
MOST ANY FOURTH GENRATION.COMPUTER, YOU
'LL SEE A BUNCH OF CHIPS.WORKING TOGETHE
R. SOME COMPONENTS.ARE STILL "DISCRETE"
(SEPARATE),.SLOWING YOR COMPUTER DOWN A
ND MAKING.IT HARDER TO BUILD... THE C
D PLAYER ON MY DESK EMPLOYS.THIS TYPE OF
ALL-ENCOMPASSING.TECHNOLOGY. A COMPUTE
R, WITH.MEMORY AND DRIVE, THAT READS OVE
R.100K OF DATA PER SECOND FOR ONLY.$129?
.. SO WHY DON'T PERSONAL COMPUTERS.MOV
E ON TO THE FIFTH GENERATION?.THINK ABOU
T IT. A C-64 MOTHERBOARD.SQUASHED INTO
A $25.95 CHIP. A.MACINTOSH MOTHERBOARD
SQUASHED INTO A.$98.95 CHIP. ALL YOU'D
HAVE TO DO IS.SLAP IT INTO A CHASSIS AND
GET A.MONITOR... THESE FIFTH GENERATI
ON COMPUTERS.WOULD BE FASTER, STILL COOL
ER AND.CHEAPER TO PRODUCE. ANYONE COULD
.AFFORD AN IBM PS/2 IF ALL THE GUTS.WERE
ON ONE CHIP. THIS IS BECAUSE.THE HARDE
ST PART OF BUILDING THE.COMPUTER BECOMES
THE EASIEST AND.LEAST EXPENSIVE... B
UT HOW MUCH PROFIT CAN YOU MAKE.ON A COM
PUTER SYSTEM THAT LISTS FOR.$200.00?..
WHEN COMMODORE DROPPED THE PRICE.OF TH
E C-64 FROM $595 TO UNDER $200,.THE COMP
ANY LOST A LOT OF FRIENDS..VIDEO KING, A
COMPANY NEAR WHERE I.GREW UP, HAD HUNDR
EDS OF C-64'S IN.STOCK THAT THEY HAD PAI
D MORE THAN.$200 WHOLESALE FOR. NOW THE
Y CAN'T.SELL THEM FOR MORE THAN $150...
THIS IS THE PRICE OF TECHNOLOGY..PRIC
ES GO DOWN. OLD JOBS ARE.ELIMINATED, BU
T NEW JOBS AND EVEN.INDUSTRIES ARE CREAT
ED.... OKAY, SO IT'S 1995 AND FIFTH.G
ENERATION COMPUTERS ARE OUT THERE..THEY
USE LCD (LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY).SCREENS
THAT ARE EASY TO PHOTOGRAPH.AND EASY ON
THE EYES. THE IBM PS/5.SHOULD SELL FOR
ABOUT $500 INSTEAD OF.OVER $2000 FOR TO
DAY'S PS/2. THE.COMMODORE AMIGA IS SELL
ING FOR $129,.THE MACINTOSH, $200...
THESE COMPUTERS ARE STACKABLE..YOU PLUG
IN ANOTHER $50.00 CPU AND.YOU'RE INTO PA
RALLEL PROCESSING (A.STEP ABOVE MULTI-TA
SKING), RUNNING AT.TODAY'S SUPER-COMPUTE
R SPEEDS. YOU.CAN SPIT OUT A MANDELBROT
IN A.THIRTIETH OF A SECOND AT HOME.....
BUT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP SALARIES UP..H
OW CAN WE KEEP THE COST OF THESE.FIFTH G
ENERATION COMPUTERS UP? WELL,.WE COULD
OFFER MORE COMPUTER FOR THE.MONEY. MORE
MEMORY, MORE PORTS,.BETTER, FASTER VIDE
O, ETC. TEN.SPRITES THAT CAN BE AS LARG
E OR.LARGER THAN THE SCREEN... I KNOW
THAT THE FIFTH GENERATION.CAN BE HERE N
OW, BUT IT'S BEING HELD.BACK. THE STATU
S QUO MEANS BIG BUCKS.AND RIGHTFULLY SO.
BECAUSE IF A.COMPANY CAN'T MAKE A BUCK
, IT CAN'T.EMPLOY PEOPLE OR SUPPORT ITS
PRODUCT...... WE HAVE TO JUSTIFY THE
COST OF.COMPUTERS. RIGHT NOW WE JUSTIFY
IT.BY SAYING, "HEY, CHIPS SIMPLY COST A
.LOT THESE DAYS. THE FACTORY COST WAS.X
XX.XX".. AND SALESMEN WOULD RATHER MA
KE A.$200 COMMISSION ON A $2000.00 SYSTE
M.THAN A $50 COMMISSION ON A $500.SYSTEM
... NO ONE WANTS A WAREHOUSE FULL OF.
THEIR STATE-OF-THE-ART MACHINES TO.SUDDE
NLY BECOME OBSOLETE. SO WE.APPROACH THI
S NEW FRONTIER WITH.CAUTION. BUT I CAN'
T WAIT..... PERHAPS NASA WILL BE FIRS
T TO.DECIDE THAT THEIR BULKY COMPUTERS,.
ALL PACKED AND STASHED INTO THE.SHUTTLE
CAN BE REDUCED FROM WEIGHING.HUNDREDS OF
POUNDS TO PERHAPS TEN.POUNDS. THEY CO
ULD BE RUNNING.FASTER, MORE ACCURATELY,
NEEDING LESS.SUPPORTING EQUIPMENT (COOLI
NG, POWER.SUPPLIES). WHEN THAT DAY ARRI
VES,.WE'LL TRULY BE HEADING FOR A NEW.FR
ONTIER... * * * * * * * * * *...
...... SPEAKING OF GENERATIONS, ON.DEC
EMBER 11, 1989, AFTER 6 HOURS OF.LABOR,
MY WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO A 7.POUND 8.6 OUNC
E BUNDLE OF CUDDLES AND.KISSES NAMED GIN
A MARIE JONES. WHAT.ELSE CAN I SAY EXCE
PT -- HAAAAALP!..
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