12 Feb
2010
12 Feb
'10
10:06 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nico de Jong" <nico at farumdata.dk>
The smalles mainframe I used in the 70's, was an
IBM 360/25. It was
equipped with a whopping. When I developped a program for statistics, the
first compilation wanted 80K of memory (double buffering, blocked records,
etc). After having cut the fat away, I couldnt get it below 32K, so the
boss had to go to his boss, and ask for money so we could RENT 4K of
memory ! When that was in place, I had 4 (four) bytes left.
Sorry, I forgot to mention the original core size. A whole 28K !