LOL
128k !  I remember dreaming I had 128K when I was on a 16 K machine.

Recently had to change my limit to 1024 MB...

 S.

On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 at 14:41, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:

> I just noticed DrRacket telling me
>     Language: racket, with debugging ; memory limit: 128 MB
> immediatey reminding me of the 128 K that was available on the first
> Lisp system I got any actual use from -- one I implemented myself on an
> IBM 360/65.  Back then there were rumours that some IBM customer
> somewhere in the world had a machine with maximum storage -- 16 MB.
>
> And now we *restrict* ourselves to more RAM than one of the largest
> machines then had available.
>
> And I got a lot done on that 128K machine, three orders of magnitude
> ess than we hand out to students now.
>
> -- hendrik
>
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