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> I do all my development with 128MB of RAM or less, because I enjoy that sort of challenge I remember being excited that I was able to splurge on a 486 with 4
by nanis 7y ago
> I do all my development with 128MB of RAM or less, because I enjoy that sort of challenge
I remember being excited that I was able to splurge on a 486 with 4 Mb RAM.
- the-dude 7y agoI love working with 2kb of RAM. What is your point?
- nine_k 7y agoThe point is that the device with 2KB RAM is a single-purpose embedded controller, and the device with 4MB RAM used to be a full-blown universal desktop daily productivity machine.
- wazoox 7y agoThough I remember that it was more or less necessary to have 8MB to browse the Web on those Windows 3.11 486s :)
- newsbinator 7y agoI was browsing on Windows 3.11 with 4mb. Opera 3.62 + Trumpet Winsock could handle it.
- nanis 7y agoWell, the first computer on which I wrote programs was a ZX-81[1]. The 486 DX4-75[2] with 4 Mb memory, however, helped me learn C using DJGPP and later build my first Linux kernel (on Debian 1.1), browse Gopher and WWW sites, read newsgroups, play with Cello[3]. I also wrote first versions of my economics experiments on it. Later, I upgraded to Windows 95 from Windows 3.11 WfW so I could have a decent Java experience. I don't think I have much of a point except that you could do development on that machine in relatively modern ways in a way I could never imagine on a ZX-81 or ZX Spectrum. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_DX4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_DX4 [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cello_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cello_(web_browser)