Kornel on Nostr: I remember how outrageous it was when Windows XP required 64 *megabytes* of RAM, ...
I remember how outrageous it was when Windows XP required 64 *megabytes* of RAM, because the whole Windows 95 disk installation fit in 55MB. Win95 was bloated too, because it merely caught up with features of AmigaOS from a decade earlier, which fit entirely on a 0.7MB floppy. And that AmigaOS had some fancy icon files larger than entire programs for GeOS. And micros had it easy. Bletchley Colossus did more important work than any of your computers ever will, and it didn't even have RAM!
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