From: Bert Haskins (bhaskins_at_triton.net)
Date: Thu Nov 22 2001 - 00:07:38 EST
My first computer (1972) had 64 bytes! and I really thought I had something.
Now, almost thirty years later when I can do CAD and Pspice on something
not much bigger and heavier than some of my old college text books, I know
I have something!
Happy thanksgiving everyone, Bert
William Van Tuyl wrote:
> Remember the IBM folks that thought that 64k was more than enough memory and that
> nobody would ever need more? Just think what they would have said if they had a
> crystal ball that worked!
>
> Bill
>
> Randal Whittle wrote:
>
> > At 04:16 PM 11/21/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> > >The difference is in how often Windows hits on its swap file on the hard
> > >drive. Hard drive time versus RAM time. With more memory the swap file gets
> > >used less. Put Windows in a 32mb machine and see how often the hard drive
> > >light goes on.
> >
> > Thanks Bill, but I know that very well.
> >
> > What I was really asking was that I find it hard to fathom how
> > anyone could really "fill" 256 MB of RAM and thereby see a real difference
> > by going to 512 MB. But I guess some folks are just really hard core. :-)
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