@cliffordheath@mastodon.social
Post #1078068
2026-04-03 20:56 UTC
@colinstu Running Unix on a PDP/11 in 1981, we had to upgrade the memory from 96kB to 256kB to support three users. That's kilobytes, not gigabytes. Queensland University had a 16 port terminal device with students on the same hardware
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@cliffordheath@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 22:43
@colinstu I was able to compile C code, play Pacman (fullscreen TUI), or run database code while other users used a sonic digitiser to trace radiographs on an interactive vector graphics screen (Tektronix storage tube), and a plotter made colour drawings or uploaded data files to the supercomputer. Real-time applications...