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512MB ram is nothing now (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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512MB was a huge flash drive now it's not enough ram. Turns out Spotify can't open-source Car Thing because it's a potato https://www.androidauthority.com/spotify-car-thing-open-source-3449487/

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I suddenly felt so old. My first computer had 8MB RAM... 486 DX2 66MHz

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You decadent young whippersnappers have no idea.

16kb of RAM, z80 CPU. That's how we did it in my day.

You don't know you're born.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Hah ! I had 256 mathematicians perform very simple calculations, 128 horse riders then relayed the results to 512 stone engravers for storage

You kids don't know how easy you have it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I bow down to you, greybeard

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Tandy model 1 level 2. 2k.

This isn't a contest, but more a support group.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

But did it have that sweet, sweet local bus goodness?

Also if it is any consolation, 486DX266 was way after I got my first computer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

My first PC was FULL of memory. It had ALL the memory. No amount of money could add more. It had 640KB. It was crazy.

My first computer wasn't a PC, it had 64KB RAM. I never needed more.