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From that post: > we implemented this: http://swain.webframe.org/squeak/floppy/ http://swain.webframe.org/squeak/floppy/ > (using Linux and modifying Squeak t
by lproven 3y ago
From that post:
> we implemented this: http://swain.webframe.org/squeak/floppy/ http://swain.webframe.org/squeak/floppy/
> (using Linux and modifying Squeak to work with SVGALib instead of X)
> in just 900mb
"Just" 900MB?
That is, er, not very comparable. Nearly a gigabyte, versus a single floppy? (Circa 1.4MB albeit very heavily compressed, so over 2MB of code, maybe 3.)
That is a difference of approximately 2 orders of magnitude, heading towards 3 OOM: 1000x bigger.
Am I misreading?
You definitely did not get 900MB on a floppy. It wouldn't even fit on a CD (~700MB uncompressed).
- lproven 3y agoOh, the page is still up! http://swain.webframe.org/squeak/floppy/ http://swain.webframe.org/squeak/floppy/ 900 kB. Quite a big difference. 1,024 times smaller, in fact. :-)
- wslh 3y agoYeah, it is odd nowadays to hear about kBs.
- pjmlp 3y agoSpecially when microSDXC cards already come in 256GB sizes. Crazy, compared with the storage devices I could attach to my Timex 2068 in 1986.
- hulitu 3y ago> Specially when microSDXC cards already come in 256GB sizes. And they are only useful on some computers and phones. Cars and measuring equipment are usually limited.