if you hadn't already known this about the PDP-8

From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Wed Dec 12 18:48:50 2001

dmc!njc_at_ns2.ezwind.net wrote:
> This is something I get hit with on a daily basis. On the one hand I need
> to have better than 64M for Windows!?! But my PIC projects barely need the
> 1024 bytes of ROM/128 bytes of RAM. I often wonder if 16M of RAM will be
> enough for my VAX to run. Then I realize that it's not a Windows machine
> and I'm happy again. :-)
Remember Linux too needs lots of memory. With >16 meg on a video card
your OS needs about 16x that. It is the video display that is the
killer.
-- 
Ben Franchuk --- Pre-historic Cpu's -- 
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Received on Wed Dec 12 2001 - 18:48:50 GMT

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