Wat are you doing with that 2K of RAM?
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What are you doing with that 1.5GB of RAM?
Running Slack.
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-18 12:35 AM | Reply
Great cartoon at the link.
Has the increased capacity and power of computers actually benefited Americans, or just the tech billionaires?
#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-18 12:37 AM | Reply
I bought a 2K RAM expander for my VIC-20 but there was no software available to use it.
#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-08-18 12:43 AM | Reply
@#3
Back in the late 1970's, I had a computer (assembled from a kit) with 64k of RAM. The CPU ran at the astounding speed of 2MHz.
It ran CP/M. A CP/M that I had to reload each time I started the PC up. (i.e., there was no disk drive to boot from)
I was able to convince it to communicate over the modem, at a whopping 300 bits per second.
So much fun back then, exploring.
#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-18 01:01 AM | Reply
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