Comments on: Memory is Cheap http://jimmoy.com/blog/2004/02/24/memory-is-cheap/ Rodents of Unusual Size Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:10:47 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Craig http://jimmoy.com/blog/2004/02/24/memory-is-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Craig Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=44#comment-128 Yeah, I remember my Amiga 1000 with the "extra" memory expansion that brought it up to 512KB, and the Amiga 2000 when I bought the 8MB memory board, but could only afford to populate one row for 2MB, or the PowerBook 165C, (which I still own), that was maxed out at 14MB. So I guess I can't run iTunes or Acrobat on any of the above! Jim! Guess what? We're OLD! Yeah, I remember my Amiga 1000 with the “extra” memory expansion that brought it up to 512KB, and the Amiga 2000 when I bought the 8MB memory board, but could only afford to populate one row for 2MB, or the PowerBook 165C, (which I still own), that was maxed out at 14MB.

So I guess I can’t run iTunes or Acrobat on any of the above!

Jim! Guess what? We’re OLD!

]]> By: Dan Griffin http://jimmoy.com/blog/2004/02/24/memory-is-cheap/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Dan Griffin Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=44#comment-129 16 K Bytes, wow you had a "big" machine. How about an HP 9830 with 8 K-byte ram and around 64-K byte rom for the entire BASIC programming language and OS. :-) 16 K Bytes, wow you had a “big” machine. How about an HP 9830 with 8 K-byte ram and around 64-K byte rom for the entire BASIC programming language and OS. :-)

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