I remember back in the day when I got my new 286 40mg hd and 2mg ram msdos 3.3

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Post #439,177 by boxley 5/24/21 9:43:14 PM 5/24/21 9:43:30 PM Reply	I remember back in the day when I got my new 286 40mg hd and 2mg ram msdos 3.3 why did that thing start faster and get to a log in prompt faster than my current high tech laptop recovering from sleep mode? Just wonderin "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman Edited by boxley May 24, 2021, 09:43:30 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #439,178 by a6l6e6x 5/24/21 10:59:06 PM 5/24/21 10:59:06 PM Reply	For one thing, there were no graphics involved. Characters were used for input and output with just one byte for a character. There was one font and character size on the display screen controlled by the display hardware. It's a much simpler environment. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #439,179 by Andrew Grygus 5/25/21 1:34:41 AM 5/25/21 1:34:41 AM Reply	Also, it's now dragging a whole truckload of garbage.
Post #439,180 by CRConrad 5/25/21 1:54:08 AM 5/25/21 1:54:08 AM Reply	Talk about feather-light storage.
Post #439,181 by pwhysall 5/25/21 3:43:36 AM 5/25/21 3:43:36 AM Reply	Because it did as near to nothing as possible
Post #439,182 by Another Scott 5/25/21 10:05:21 AM 5/25/21 10:05:21 AM Reply	Heh. Why did the first PC that I bought with my own cash money cost $4000? ;-) Don't use sleep mode. Problem solved. :-) HTH!! Cheers, Scott.
Post #439,183 by drook 5/25/21 10:59:15 AM 5/25/21 10:59:15 AM Reply	You got an SSD in that thing? -- Drew
Post #439,184 by lincoln 5/25/21 3:24:41 PM 5/25/21 3:24:41 PM Reply	you had twice as much ram as mine did I did quite a lot with it. Definitely can't compare to what I can do with my desktop nowadays, but I miss the excitement learning about new software back then. Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous. - - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897
Post #439,185 by InThane 5/26/21 9:12:46 AM 5/26/21 9:12:46 AM Reply	Slowpoke My C-64, I just had to turn it on and it was ready to go. Ceterum autem censeo pars Republican esse delendam.

I remember back in the day when I got my new 286 40mg hd and 2mg ram msdos 3.3 - (boxley) - (8) - May 24, 2021, 09:43:30 PM EDT

For one thing, there were no graphics involved. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - May 24, 2021, 10:59:06 PM EDT

Also, it's now dragging a whole truckload of garbage. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - May 25, 2021, 01:34:41 AM EDT

Talk about feather-light storage. -NT - (CRConrad) - May 25, 2021, 01:54:08 AM EDT

Because it did as near to nothing as possible -NT - (pwhysall) - May 25, 2021, 03:43:36 AM EDT

Heh. - (Another Scott) - May 25, 2021, 10:05:21 AM EDT

You got an SSD in that thing? -NT - (drook) - May 25, 2021, 10:59:15 AM EDT

you had twice as much ram as mine did - (lincoln) - May 25, 2021, 03:24:41 PM EDT

Slowpoke - (InThane) - May 26, 2021, 09:12:46 AM EDT

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