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Posted by Martin Heffels on 12/06/05 15:19
On 6 Dec 2005 07:02:08 -0800, "bmcswain" <bmcswain@gmail.com> wrote:
>It is SO remarkable where we have come from and where we are.
>I remember the day when IBM doubled (DOUBLED) memory for the 3084 - a
>monster maimframe - doubled the memory to 64 meg! WOW! HUGE! How
>will customers EVER use all that memory?
I worked in an air-traffic-control center, where they ditched the
370 mainframe 5 years ago. It only had 64MB to run all the apps, but they
were all written in nice and clean assembly, so there was still plenty of
space left in that RAM :)
cheers
-martin-
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Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
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