Thanks for the memory: How cheap RAM changes computing

Re:Thanks for the memory: How cheap RAM changes computing by yuhong on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:39PM (#12726643)

Ah, the 1988 DRAM shortages where 256K DRAM costed more than $10 a piece.

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Re:Thanks for the memory: How cheap RAM changes computing by specialist on Monday October 17, 2016 @01:48PM (#12727323)

Protectionist measures fueled by rising sun Japan hysteria engineered by Micron. Stagnated PC industry. Postponed transition to 386, stomped OS/2 launch.

I still haven't forgiven Micron. Never forget!

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Re:Thanks for the memory: How cheap RAM changes computing by baldfat on Monday October 17, 2016 @02:52PM (#12728038)

OS/2 shouldn't have failed!!!! To bad DOS and Windows apps ran better in VM then native OS/2 apps that would just hang 10% of the time!!!! Another reason I loved my Amiga!

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Re:Thanks for the memory: How cheap RAM changes computing by yuhong on Monday October 17, 2016 @03:02PM (#12728161)

Yea, that OS/2 2.0 fiasco is one of my favorite topics.

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Re:Thanks for the memory: How cheap RAM changes computing by yuhong on Monday October 17, 2016 @01:50PM (#12727348)

And we still have Micron today. They were suffering years of losses until the DRAM market began to recover in 1987. They even bought Elpida too.

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Re:Thanks for the memory: How cheap RAM changes computing by mgkimsal on Monday October 17, 2016 @01:09PM (#12726929)

1990 I paid $150 for 512k ram pack.

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