On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 20:23:17 -0000
"NY"  wrote:

> "Ahem A Rivet's Shot"  wrote in message
> news:20201024121940.637fbc604370d7cfa1860012@eircom.net...
> > On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 10:39:35 -0000 (UTC)
> > Markus Robert Kessler  wrote:
> >
> >> We are talking about a "Raspberry A" with 256 MB (MegaByte). Under load
> >> this amount will be eaten up soon. That was one of the reasons for
> >> inventing repeated reboots.
> >
> > Reboots to cure memory leaks ? IOW reboots as a workaround for bad
> > programming! That has never been acceptable in my book since times when
> > 256Mb was a dream as disc capacity.
>
> 256 Mb. So 64 MB? That's luxury!

 

> I can remember when I bought my first computer, in 1981, a CPM/3-based
> "Wren" (*). I decided that I could just about afford the RAM upgrade from

 A bit later than 1981 I think - CP/M 3 didn't come out until 1983
CPN for the Torch (1982) was based on CP/M 2.2, I'd have just ported CP/M 3
if it had been available.

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