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A typical configuration was 2 to 4 MB of RAM. Just how much OS complexity can you stuff into that?
by Zigurd 5mo ago
A typical configuration was 2 to 4 MB of RAM. Just how much OS complexity can you stuff into that?
- chrz 5mo agoa lot
- Zigurd 5mo agoAll modern operating systems have in desktop configurations memory footprints over a gigabyte. macOS and Windows are about 2 to 3 GB. That's 300 to 1000 times larger than the total memory that's configurable for a VAX 11/780. The VMS operating system is only comparable to embedded micro kernels these days.