To: daniel1212
I’m reminded of the old rule: “The system you really want always costs $5,000.”
I used to use this exact system at work. With DOS, 640K really was enough for anybody. :)
4 posted on
02/11/2021 6:33:04 AM PST by
Mr. Jeeves
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To: Mr. Jeeves
I used to use this exact system at work. With DOS, 640K really was enough for anybody. :) Who would ever need more?
7 posted on
02/11/2021 6:34:34 AM PST by
daniel1212
(Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned + destitute sinner + trust Him to save + be baptized+follow Him!)
To: Mr. Jeeves
With DOS, 640K really was enough for anybody.
Unless you ran Autocad or some REALLY big Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheets.
Also, on the 8086, drivers often wound up eating into main memory. TSR programs like Sidekick used even more.
11 posted on
02/11/2021 6:37:49 AM PST by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Mr. Jeeves
With DOS, 640K really was enough for anybody
Even with today's tablets and smartphones and PCs, 640k might be enough.
Most people can only do one app at a time, and most apps don't really do much more than present on the screen stuff that's really done on the cloud.
And, loading up a tablet or smartphone with apps, just because 'they are there', makes on sense either.
12 posted on
02/11/2021 6:38:37 AM PST by
adorno
To: Mr. Jeeves
> With DOS, 640K really was enough for anybody Except the CIA/FBI/NSA/DoD/DHS who need the extra RAM to run their spyware to keep tabs on counter-revolutionaries that voted for Trump ...
23 posted on
02/11/2021 6:45:49 AM PST by
SecondAmendment
(This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !)
To: Mr. Jeeves
And you could get Extended or expanded memory. Oracle first came out running in the extended memory partition. I paid $500 for 2 meg hardwired memory board for the IBM machine. Mine was a clone so i had to melt the chips off and put them on an extended memory card. Ran real slow but i had a full blown oracle database running on the machine.
To: Mr. Jeeves
We bought and networked several of these at the office. Once we had all we needed I recall them being about $4500 a piece.
39 posted on
02/11/2021 7:11:18 AM PST by
Woodman
To: Mr. Jeeves
re.
640KBut if it wasn't you could get an expanded memory board. Picked up an Intel Above-Board with 512K one time, then spent hour after hour tweaking extended memory settings in DOS.
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