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Probably the worst (best) bit of future-past in Neuromancer is that it starts with the main character trying to fence "three megabytes of hot RAM". That seemed
by cwp 10y ago
Probably the worst (best) bit of future-past in Neuromancer is that it starts with the main character trying to fence "three megabytes of hot RAM". That seemed like a ludicrously large amount when it was written.
- lobster_johnson 10y agoI think we can give Gibson the benefit of the doubt here and say the point was not the size, but the fact that it was hot RAM -- the contents was valuable. The price of 3MB, even as early as in 1984, was not so high as to make it that impressive even by the standards of the day.
- mortenjorck 10y agoHa, I never considered that. It would fit with the data-smuggling theme of Johnny Mnemonic (the short story, at least), which is set in the same universe.
- SamReidHughes 10y agoHey, 3 megs of RAM is nothing to sneeze at: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP48-2MB-RAM-memory-card-for-HP48GX-SRAM-card-/252456869804 http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP48-2MB-RAM-memory-card-for-HP48GX-...
- Lio 10y agoI always thought it was a prototype of some very, very fast cache RAM. I think I like your idea of hot RAM containing data better now.