Think that was informative? Learn assembly on x86 Linux. You have NO idea what a computer goes through just to add two numbers, let alone manage network traffic... The most shocking part is the idea of virtual memory.
On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 22:29, John E. Jay Maass wrote: > > > How much do you have now ? (memory) > > 80m. Why do you ask? I had 8m in an old 486 to start with. > > At Computer Learning Center we were required to memorize a rough > block diagram showing a cpu, its ram, a hard drive controler, > hard drive, and network card. > > Using arrows we had to trace a bit of data coming from the > network and going to the hard drive. And vice-versa. > > The point was that, at every step, random access memory (RAM) > was involved. Every time a bit of data flows within a system, > it is going to pass through RAM. > > The instructor did well to have us memorize that diagram. > > jay > philadelphia > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs -- Bryan Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
