Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Fri Nov 18 07:43:03 CST 2011
Hi Arthur I'll share a part of my memory that for some unknown reason popped forward the other day: Do you remember the time when OS/2 was moving ahead, that a major issue to discuss was if it would be able to launch in a machine equipped with 4 MB of RAM? I don't recall what made 4 MB a magic number but today, where 4 GB is standard in main-level machines, it is hard to imagine that this parameter could get any attention at all. Perhaps it was cost - I guess 1 MB of RAM at those days equals 4 GB today. Didn't Compaq manufacture a full-length(!) add-in board with 3 MB extended RAM? At a fortune. /gustav >>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 18-11-2011 14:11 >>> Luminaries Vint Cerf, Michael Dell, Stephen Elop (Nokia), William Gibson, Noel Sharkey (Professor of AI and Robotics at the University of Sheffield), Richard Stallman and others reminisce about their early computing experiences: http://www.silicon.com/technology/hardware/2011/11/16/what-got-you-interested-in-technology-its-rich-and-famous-share-their-memories-39748104/ -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 Thirty spokes converge on a hub but it's the emptiness that makes a wheel work -- from the Daodejing