On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 10:12:47 +0100, Caisson wrote:

>> Van: Andy Kunz <mtdesign@FAST.NET>
>> Aan: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>> Onderwerp: Re: Funniest Y2K Joke Ever!
>> Datum: donderdag 7 januari 1999 14:16
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>> And if people weren't hung up on saving every little bit of RAM, it
>> wouldn't be a problem now, either.
>
>I can still hear someone say "640 Kb should be enough for anyone" ... :-)
>
>I even learned programming on a 8080 machine (that was before you could buy
>them ready-to-rock) with 24 Kb programming-space.  So, conserving space was
>a must .....

People forget to quickly and are too spoiled by today's technology.  It blows
my mind when I try to imagine what could be done with 450Mhz CPU, 128MB RAM,
9GB DASD, and some good ol' tight machine code!


>
>Greetz,
>  Rudy Wieser
>

Dan