Author: ChrisC

York Minster, West Front / James Valentine (between 1860 and 1879)

James Valentine (between 1860 and 1879). From the Getty Museum Collection. Click to Enlarge.

An old photo of what was, back then, a rather new view.

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The cost of a PDP-11 circa 1971

Whilst trying to track down the cost of memory for a PDP-11 I stumbled across The PDP-11 FAQ and it’s rather excellent collection of early 70s PDP-11 price lists. It’s a fun little list, rammed through of interesting little nuggets – today it’s hard to imaging it but in 1972 a line printer would have set you back at least 12,000 USD. That’s almost 92,000 USD in 2025 prices!

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A few notes on Pulp’s ‘More’

So, on the 6th of June – and after two pre-release singles and a mountain of media hype – the new Pulp album ‘More’ dropped.

The Tracks

Track Listing

  1. Spike Island (4:42)
  2. Tina (3:32)
  3. Grown Ups (5:56)
  4. Slow Jam (5:06)
  5. Farmers Market (4:30)
  6. My Sex (4:25)
  7. Got to Have Love (4:52)
  8. Background Noise (3:41)
  9. Partial Eclipse (4:38)
  10. The Hymn of the North (5:40)
  11. A Sunset (3:14)

It’s interesting to note that while Different Class had an average track length of around four and third minutes, More has only slipped slightly to an average length of about four and a half minutes. Other groups should probably take note.

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