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Hah. I remember using those on MS-DOS PCs back in the late 80s, as well. We put work-session data into the RAM disk, then saved it back to the hard drive at o
by Roboprog 10y ago
Hah. I remember using those on MS-DOS PCs back in the late 80s, as well.
We put work-session data into the RAM disk, then saved it back to the hard drive at opportune times.
- yuhong 10y agoAh, the 1988 DRAM shortages where 256K DRAM costed more than $10 a piece.
- mgkimsal 10y ago1990 I paid $150 for 512k ram pack.
- specialist 10y agoProtectionist measures fueled by rising sun Japan hysteria engineered by Micron. Stagnated PC industry. Postponed transition to 386, stomped OS/2 launch. I still haven't forgiven Micron. Never forget!
- yuhong 10y agoAnd we still have Micron today. They were suffering years of losses until the DRAM market began to recover in 1987. They even bought Elpida too.
- baldfat 10y agoOS/2 shouldn't have failed!!!! To bad DOS and Windows apps ran better in VM then native OS/2 apps that would just hang 10% of the time!!!! Another reason I loved my Amiga!
- yuhong 10y agoYea, that OS/2 2.0 fiasco is one of my favorite topics.