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Re:Ask HN: When did tech stop being cool? by mrob on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @11:29AM (#31004008)
A typical desktop PC from 30 years ago had at least 2MiB RAM. There's no cheap microcontroller with this.
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Re:Ask HN: When did tech stop being cool? by nicoburns on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @11:58AM (#31004394)
I guess not, but you can get a Raspberry Pi Zero with 512MiB for £10. That's not $1, but it's definitely still "within relatively easy financial reach of a kid" territory
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