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64MB?? wow. My 486/33 had 4MB. I eventually was able to upgrade to 16MB (I think it cost like $400 though), and my linux kernel compile times went down from 8 h
by rconti 7y ago
64MB?? wow. My 486/33 had 4MB. I eventually was able to upgrade to 16MB (I think it cost like $400 though), and my linux kernel compile times went down from 8 hours to 12 minutes. That was the day I truly learned how much swapping affected performance.
- mongol 7y agoMy 386 PS/2 Model 70 had 2 MB and ran 16 MHz. I copied Windows 3.0 from a school computer, using the arj file compressor, to a bunch of diskettes and then to this computer. Started no problem when I typed "win" on the DOS prompt.
- 72deluxe 7y agoYes, it was a bunch of SIMMs (I think - they had metal edge clips to destroy your fingers compared to modern DIMM insertion) that they chucked out at school (they gave them to me instead of binning them). It would have been more normal for 16MB in the days when a 486 was mainstream but this was many many years after 486 were considered ancient - 1998 to 2000 I think? I was poor and my paper-round only stretched to buying Micromart and looking at computers I couldn't afford.