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Re:Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 ... by antod on Sunday July 21, 2024 @11:17PM (#41030621)
Yeah, to put it in perspective, in 1988 I was still dreaming about an Amiga 500 or 2000 with less than 1% of that RAM.
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Re:Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 ... by DaoVeles on Sunday July 21, 2024 @11:40PM (#41030728)
We were still a year away from the 486. And that wouldn't become common in the home for another 3-4 years.
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Re:Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 ... by cellularmitosis on Monday July 22, 2024 @01:51PM (#41037291)
Yup! A while back I made a little timeline for putting things like this in perspective. https://gist.github.com/cellularmitosis/9a1b96ed3109690a2840...
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