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[Eric Dittman]

> > That fast? Ragge (NetBSD VAX portmaster) told once that they have a full
> > blown VAX 8800 with 1/2GB RAM up there in north sweden. The RAM test
> > only takes 45 minutes. Usually they bring the machine once a year down
> > to replace broken disks. (There are about 5 to 6 dozen connected to that
> > machine.) 
> 
> Whats sad is that 512 megabytes is no longer a "woah" number.  For that
> VAX, yeah.. but I have a gig in at least two machines here. 8-(

My main Linux system has 2GB.

> Bill (remembers when 1meg SIMMs were $85..)

I remember paying $300 each for 1MB SIMMs for my Mac II.  I
got four 1MB SIMMs for $1200 (they were $400 each list, but
I got a discount).
-- 
Eric Dittman
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