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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Barrelfish
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:27:36 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4030fb6ae37f8ca8ae9c43ceefbdf57b@ladd.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <<20091015105328.GA18947@nipl.net>>

On Thu Oct 15 06:55:24 EDT 2009, sam@nipl.net wrote:
> task.  With respect to Ken, Bill Gates said something along the lines of "who
> would need more than 640K?".

on the other hand, there were lots of people using computers with 4mb
of memory when bill gates said this.  it was quite easy to see how to use
more than 1mb at the time.  in fact, i believe i used an apple ][ around
that time that had ~744k.  it was a wierd amount of memory.

> There is a vast range of applications that cannot
> be managed in real time using existing single-core technology.

please name one.

- erik



       reply	other threads:[~2009-10-15 13:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <<20091015105328.GA18947@nipl.net>
2009-10-15 13:27 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-10-15 13:40   ` Richard Miller
2009-10-16 17:20   ` Sam Watkins
2009-10-16 18:18     ` Latchesar Ionkov
2009-10-19 15:26       ` Sam Watkins
2009-10-19 15:33         ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-10-19 15:50         ` ron minnich
2009-10-16 21:17     ` Jason Catena
2009-10-17 20:58       ` Dave Eckhardt
2009-10-18  2:09         ` Jason Catena
2009-10-18 16:02           ` Dave Eckhardt
2009-10-17 18:45   ` Eris Discordia
2009-10-17 21:07     ` Steve Simon
2009-10-17 21:18       ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2009-10-18  8:48         ` Eris Discordia
2009-10-18  8:44       ` Eris Discordia
2009-10-19 15:57     ` Sam Watkins
2009-10-19 16:03       ` ron minnich
2009-10-19 16:46       ` Russ Cox
2009-10-20  2:16       ` matt
2009-10-20  9:15         ` Steve Simon
2009-10-21 15:43         ` Sam Watkins
2009-10-21 16:11           ` Russ Cox
2009-10-21 16:37             ` Sam Watkins
2009-10-21 18:01           ` ron minnich
2009-10-28 15:37           ` matt
     [not found]   ` <A90043D02D52B2CBF2804FA4@192.168.1.2>
2009-10-18  0:06     ` ron minnich
2009-10-18  0:54       ` Roman Shaposhnik
     [not found] <<4ADD147A.4090801@maht0x0r.net>
2009-10-20  2:11 ` erik quanstrom
2009-10-20  2:33   ` matt
     [not found] <<20091019182352.GA1688@polynum.com>
2009-10-19 18:48 ` erik quanstrom
     [not found] <<4ADC7439.3060502@maht0x0r.net>
2009-10-19 16:13 ` erik quanstrom
2009-10-19 18:23   ` tlaronde
2009-10-20  1:38   ` matt
2009-10-20  1:58     ` Eris Discordia
2009-10-20  2:17       ` matt
     [not found] <<20091019155738.GB13857@nipl.net>
2009-10-19 16:05 ` erik quanstrom
2009-10-19 16:34   ` Sam Watkins
2009-10-19 17:30     ` ron minnich
2009-10-19 17:57       ` W B Hacker
2009-10-19 18:14       ` David Leimbach
     [not found] <<20091018031508.717CE5B30@mail.bitblocks.com>
2009-10-19 13:44 ` erik quanstrom
2009-10-19 14:36   ` David Leimbach
     [not found] <<d50d7d460910161417w45b5c675p8740315aaf6861f@mail.gmail.com>
2009-10-16 22:25 ` erik quanstrom
     [not found] <<20091016172030.GB3135@nipl.net>
2009-10-16 18:34 ` erik quanstrom
     [not found] <<3e1162e60910150805q2ea3f682w688299a39274051c@mail.gmail.com>
2009-10-15 15:28 ` erik quanstrom
     [not found] <<4AD70EE9.1010208@conducive.org>
2009-10-15 13:52 ` erik quanstrom
     [not found] <<207092dc429fe476c2046d537aeaa400@hamnavoe.com>
2009-10-15 13:52 ` erik quanstrom
2009-10-15 15:07   ` David Leimbach
2009-10-15 15:21     ` roger peppe
2009-10-16 17:21       ` Sam Watkins
2009-10-16 23:39         ` Nick LaForge
2009-10-18  1:12         ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-10-19 14:14           ` matt
2009-10-19 16:00           ` Sam Watkins
2009-10-14 19:09 Tim Newsham
2009-10-14 19:54 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-10-14 21:21   ` Tim Newsham
2009-10-14 21:33     ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2009-10-14 21:42       ` Noah Evans
2009-10-14 21:45         ` erik quanstrom
2009-10-14 21:57           ` Noah Evans
2009-10-14 22:10         ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2009-10-14 22:21           ` Noah Evans
2009-10-15  1:03     ` David Leimbach
2009-10-15  1:50     ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-10-15  2:12       ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2009-10-15 10:53       ` Sam Watkins
2009-10-15 11:50         ` Richard Miller
2009-10-15 12:00           ` W B Hacker
2009-10-16 17:03           ` Sam Watkins
2009-10-16 18:17             ` ron minnich
2009-10-16 18:39               ` Wes Kussmaul
2009-10-17 12:42             ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-10-15 11:56         ` Josh Wood
2009-10-15 13:11         ` hiro
2009-10-15 15:05           ` David Leimbach
2009-10-18  1:15         ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-10-18  3:15           ` Bakul Shah
     [not found]             ` <e763acc10910180606q1312ff7cw9a465d6af39c0fbe@mail.gmail.com>
2009-10-18 13:22               ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-10-18 19:18                 ` Bakul Shah
2009-10-18 20:12                   ` ron minnich
2009-10-14 21:36   ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2009-10-15  2:05     ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-10-15  2:17       ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2009-10-15  3:32         ` Tim Newsham
2009-10-15  3:59           ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2009-10-15 17:39             ` Tim Newsham
2009-10-15 18:28 ` Christopher Nielsen
2009-10-15 18:55   ` W B Hacker

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