[rescue] OS/2 Warp - was Re: NeXTSTEP or OPENSTEP?

[Andrew Jones]

On 08/06/2014 10:57 AM, Peter Corlett wrote:
> 16MB wasn't*that*  insane.
>
> In 1990 -- the same year that Windows 3.0 was released - 4x256k 70ns FPM DIPs
> cost something like #25, i.e. #50/MB. Come while 1993-4 when I actually had a
> machine that could take a whole 16MB of RAM, 4MB SIMMs were common and were
> around the #100 point.
>
> #400 was certainly a lot of money in 1994, but still a fraction of the cost of
> a half-decent PC.

This is basically how Windows won the market.  You could technically 
purchase and run most of 1994's UNIX desktops with 16 MB, but I 
guarantee you would not enjoy it.