Free IBM system 36

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Sat Jan 10 20:08:53 1998

At 01:49 PM 1/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> a PC type can't consider until he's bloated his system to at least
>> 640K (or lately, 32Mb).
>
>96MB is what I just put into mine. Corel 7 _flies_!
>
>...but, it's hard to unlearn habits. I still find myself deleting <1K text
>files to "save space". I don't program much anymore, but if I did, I
>suspect I'd still be trying to squeeze a few bytes out here and there.
>


   How right you are! I just bought some old 1976-77 copies of byte
magazine today and was looking at the prices. Wow, $195 for an 8K memory
board! It's no wonder we strived so hard to shave bytes!

    Joe
Received on Sat Jan 10 1998 - 20:08:53 GMT