monica_b1998@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoA 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recordertechfixated.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1515arrow-down14
arrow-up1511arrow-down1external-linkA 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recordertechfixated.commonica_b1998@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareitisileclerk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 days agoIn 1977 69 KB was huge memory. First home PC’s from 1980 and 1981 like ZX81 they have 1 KB of memory. One.
minus-squaremememuseum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoThe Commodore 64 came out in 1982 and famously had 64KB of memory.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoCommodore VIC-20 came out in 1980 with 20KB as well.
minus-squaremememuseum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago20KB of ROM and 5KB of RAM, though that was expandable!
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago 5KB of RAM TIL! I’ve been living a lie for decades thinking the 20 in VIC-20 was the amount of RAM like the 64 in C64 meant the amount of RAM. I only owned the C64, never a VIC-20.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI could never get my Zx81 to save data tape.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoNot really, mainframes could have 8 megs of core in the 1960s.
In 1977 69 KB was huge memory. First home PC’s from 1980 and 1981 like ZX81 they have 1 KB of memory. One.
The Commodore 64 came out in 1982 and famously had 64KB of memory.
Commodore VIC-20 came out in 1980 with 20KB as well.
20KB of ROM and 5KB of RAM, though that was expandable!
TIL! I’ve been living a lie for decades thinking the 20 in VIC-20 was the amount of RAM like the 64 in C64 meant the amount of RAM. I only owned the C64, never a VIC-20.
I could never get my Zx81 to save data tape.
Not really, mainframes could have 8 megs of core in the 1960s.