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Kind of amazing the sort of functionality that old multiuser/timesharing systems were able to deliver. 128K (words, presumably) of RAM seems a bit low though fo
by musicale 4y ago
Kind of amazing the sort of functionality that old multiuser/timesharing systems were able to deliver. 128K (words, presumably) of RAM seems a bit low though for 128+ users.
- mikewarot 4y agoYou typically had a few run time systems, like BASIC+, TECO, and others running (Compilers), and the Batch Queue, then a user with 1 file open and an edit buffer. Yeah, it really was amazing how they pulled it off. Given my current machine with 32 Gigs of RAM, I could give 32,000 users a megabyte each. Moore's law was a wild ride.
- hulitu 4y agoWhen the resources were limited, it is amazing what people could do with those systems. Nowadays, it is amazing that calc.exe needs 2 seconds to start and sharing files between systems has not improved much from that era. Oh, and 30 years ago a blinking cursor was not such a challenge as it is today.