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That's correct. The microprocessor CPUs were not that good at running Lisp. A boost came with the 68020+MMU and the 68030 with integrated MMU. Those had large e
by lispm 9y ago
That's correct. The microprocessor CPUs were not that good at running Lisp. A boost came with the 68020+MMU and the 68030 with integrated MMU. Those had large enough address spaces, were fast enough and had good performing GCs.
Memory was very expensive. The 1984 Mac started with 128kb RAM... A 1988 Mac IIx with 8MB was usable.
- jandrese 9y agoMy memory is that in 1988 8MB was a luxurious amount of RAM, that machine would cost 2 to 4 thousand dollars. Most people were still using machines with memory measured in kilobytes. Even serious business users were usually limited to 640KB.
- lispm 9y agoIt was luxurious, no doubt. The 68030 Mac IIx started slightly below $8000 with 4 MB RAM and no disk. I can't remember the prices, but I would expect that another 4MB would have cost up to $2k.