Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Oct 20, 2009, at 5:22 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > >>> got a whopping 64 megabytes of RAM in his.) >> "PC" and "Personal Computer" go back before IBM started dabbling in >> the >> field. > > Sort of, but they weren't in very wide use (but then, neither were > personal computers). IBM-PC really cemented the terminology to mean > 'IBM Compatible' > >> Neat trick, the original IBM pc could only handle 640K. > > Ugh I meant 64K. At the time it came out only millionaires could > afford 640K. Hell, I remember populating memory boards with individual > RAM chips in 85-86 to get us up to 512K in one of our PC-compatibles > in the lab.
I can't be sure but I seem to recall we all had either 32K or 64K in ours. We even had one machine at some point that had a ... 5Mb HD. IT was formatted as however many 360Kb partitions. I was the first one at work to get an IBM pc/AT... oooh! I started with 1Mb in it. I was running a spreadsheet on my Mac that was tracking memory prices for 1Mb SIMMs and projecting future prices. It was set up to tell me when to expect the price to reach $60/SIMM. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
