30 Apr
2012
30 Apr
'12
4:46 p.m.
I agree 100%. There was an amazing degree of
creativity involved when
CPU, memory, and storage resources were so limited. Thirty years ago I
wrote real code on machines that had less system memory than a single
communications buffer that I typically allocate these days. The change
in mindset is amazing!
Perhaps you now udnerstnad how I feel when I compare the 'modern'
solution of 'throw a microcontroller at the problem' wtih the solutions I
grew up with using, perhaps half a dozen simple ICs (or even a dozen
discrete transsitors) which were much more creative.
-tony