12 Feb
2010
12 Feb
'10
6:16 p.m.
Nico de Jong ????????:
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.
I never heard of a whopping option for the s360. Was it useful? Could
it be used in PC's?
(^_^)
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jd