I remember installing 256MB of RAM in a DEC Alpha 3000/500 about 2 months into my first job as a sysadmin in 1993. I remember following the anti-static rules l

I remember installing 256MB of RAM in a DEC Alpha 3000/500 about 2 months into my first job as a sysadmin in 1993. I remember following the anti-static rules like my life depended on it, since that RAM was worth more than my annual salary.