kokodoko 67 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 no i was just joking. i have a pc.. xp pro akshully... and i put 4gig ram in it too.. ooooh.. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I think windows xp can only use 3gb unless u have the 64bit version. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 back in the DOS days, my PC was ... get ready for it.... 128KB Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I don't even know what the "command prompt" is Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Originally Posted By: bobby12 I think windows xp can only use 3gb unless u have the 64bit version. that is correct. i think it may be about 3.2 but i am not sure.. its a long story.. its something to do with matched pairs of sticks.. afaik... Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Originally Posted By: bobby12 I think windows xp can only use 3gb unless u have the 64bit version. Check the install requirements on the MS pages. It's 4Gb. The 3Gb thing is a confusion of how the OS uses the memory (trust MS to do something so dodgy). One way is 2Gb for apps and 2Gb for the OS. Or you can have 3Gb for apps and 1Gb for the OS. 2 + 2 is the default. With either set up all the memory is available to be used. Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Originally Posted By: thursday. back in the DOS days, my PC was ... get ready for it.... 128KB I used Dos 2.0 in one of my jobs... But we had cool machines with 512kb! Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I installed windows 3.0 once.. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Originally Posted By: Journey Man Originally Posted By: thursday. back in the DOS days, my PC was ... get ready for it.... 128KB I used Dos 2.0 in one of my jobs... But we had cool machines with 512kb! You young whippersnappers! Pshaw! My first "personal Computer" had just 4Kb (yes that is not a misprint - it was 4 kilobytes) of RAM, ran CP-M, had to have a cassette recorder as a bulk storage mechanism and was based on the chipset that ran the original space invaders games. I was told, by the salesman, that I'd "never run out of mamory!". It took me just 4 weeks to realise that the stuff I was developing, to help teach resistor colour codes and transistor codes to electronics students, would require more memory that I had. I bought a 4K upgrade - with the warning on the pack that "installing this upgrade will void your warranty". The reason was that he system couldn't recognise the new memory unless a track, in the middle of a group of 3 closely spaced tracks, was cut. Needless to say, I dod the upgrade, cut the track, and went ahead with the development. Then, after a few months, Apple developed the AppleII. So, I just HAD to have one. Bought a C-PM card, so that the code I'd cut wasn't totally wasted. Prorted it, later, to Apple DOS and used in school for several years. Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 4 kilobytes - is that a lot less than nowadays then? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Ummmm, Kidding, right?? For the mathematically challenged ... 1Byte = 8 bits 1KiloByte (KB) = 1024 Bytes 1MegaByte (MB) = 1024 KB 1GigaByte (GB) = 1024 MB So, yes, in short, 4KB is about 1/1000th the size of 4Meg, and 1/1000000th the size of 4Gig. Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 First machine was a System 80, also known as a Video Genie. 8kb, cassette tape and no disk drives, not even a floppy. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 casette tape? LUXURY! When I was a lad we had to read the 0s and 1s into t'computer with t'strain of our mouth and charge its battery wit pedal power. 18 hours it took us to get it to do a simple calculation. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Couldn't use a pencil & paper 'cause we had to manufacture the paper from old bits of rag!!! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I remember loading games into my ZX Spectrum with a tape. I kind of remember it sounding like a dial up internet connection with lots of noise on the screen. There was a real sense of anticipation. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Yep, and you could hack some games by typing something like: 10 STOP 20 POKE "178971" 30 GOTO 1040 and it would give you 'infinite lives' Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Oh things were so simple then. (??) Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I remember the POKE's - it was the only way to draw graphics quickly! Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 POKE was a way to insert a value into a memory location (in this case a specific code for infinite lives into the digital equivalent of the actual binary address required). The PEEK command was the way to see what was the value in a specific memory location. Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Computer Science courses just loved Basic for it's mind corrupting PEEKs, POKEs and GOTO's... And who wrote such a dirty language??? OH MY GOSH, surely not Billy Boy... Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted June 11, 2008 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted June 11, 2008 Anyone remember Algol 68? Learning the basics of that was part of my uni course. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted June 11, 2008 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted June 11, 2008 (Luckily a tiny tiny part!!) Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Never heard of it! 10 PRINT "BOLLOCKS" 20 GOTO 10 Am I remembering my Basic right? Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Algol 68! So you were one of the 26 people who learnt it! Was it fun?! Do I remember correctly you made/sold a computer game when you were younger? (SJ1) Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted June 12, 2008 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted June 12, 2008 I really can't remember much about the Algol 68 klingon, but I do remember being told by the professor that 'nobody used it' which wasn't very encouraging! It was luckily just a very short part of one course. Yes I did make a videogame when I was about 15-16 (?) and sold it in the UK. A classic, it was. That was Basic (both meanings!) Link to post Share on other sites
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