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Article #625520Re: PDP 11/40 system manual
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:08
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:08
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On 2018-08-17, Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote: > On Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 1:03:44 PM UTC-6, han...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: > >> Storage was very >> expensive back then. I don't believe S/360 ever existed 16 meg, >> indeed, I think it took a long time until S/370 even exceeded it. > > Since 16 megabytes was their address space, it's hard to see how any > System/360 (other than a 360/67) _could_ have exceeded it. However, my original point was that nobody could justify the cost of a 360 that even reached (as opposed to exceeding) the 16MB theoretical limit. "16MB ought to be enough for anybody." (Hmmm, where did I hear that?) -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ Fight low-contrast text in web pages! http://contrastrebellion.com
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