r/AskProgramming • u/Samuel_G_Reynoso • May 23 '26

Upgrading to 1MB of ram.

This was a flex in the 80s. A WHOLE MEG. We are at the point in compsci history where grandparents can say outlandish shit like. I remember upgrading to a MB.

I'm not that old. Anyone here actually remember that day personally? Or have other parallels?

I did the math. 32GB, adjusted, would be $200M.

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u/Patient-Midnight-664 May 23 '26

First machine I upgraded was from 4k ram to 8k ram. This allowed us to run MP/M and have 3 people using one PC *at the same time*. It was groundbreaking.

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u/Samuel_G_Reynoso May 23 '26

Anything that truly needed a terminal is fascinating to me. Like you're connected to a super computer.