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Huh, funny. I always think it's interesting how boot times have increased over the years regardless of Moore's law. My Apple ][ took about 6 seconds to boot, ye
by sehugg 15y ago
Huh, funny. I always think it's interesting how boot times have increased over the years regardless of Moore's law. My Apple ][ took about 6 seconds to boot, yet a modern PC or Mac takes much longer (and even longer to shutdown, usually)
- Florin_Andrei 15y agoMy Sinclair ZX Spectrum clone, on an 8 bit CPU at 3.5 MHz, 64 kB total memory, used to "boot" in a second or so.