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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by aidenn0 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @01:04AM (#21832365)
The POST alone for my AT clone took over a minute. I remember watching it count up to 512k.
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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by sixothree on Thursday December 19, 2019 @09:54AM (#21835365)
1992ish?
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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by aidenn0 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @11:05AM (#21836088)
No, I definitely had upgraded to 1MB by 1992. The AT clone was an old CAD computer my dad's work had gotten rid of in the late 80s.
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