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We ACTUALLY downloaded more RAM

 
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 4:18 am    Post subject: We ACTUALLY downloaded more RAM Reply with quote
I guess this is interesting for recent generations, but heavy swap file use was just par for the course back in the 80s/90s when addressable memory was limited and few people could afford to purchase as much RAM as their system used.




Not counting ATARI 800XL, my first PC was PC XT 8088/4.77MHz 640K RAM 20MB HDD,FDD...read more
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