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From: Greg Russell on 31 Mar 2010 11:11
"klafert" <klafert(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yes a 1 MB chip I still have the old one which is a 1 MB

Billy-Boy Gates stated some years ago that nobody needs more than 640K of
memory.


From: Alias on 31 Mar 2010 11:54
Greg Russell wrote:
> "klafert" <klafert(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9951DDF1-5107-4CD7-981E-5665EAC697E1(a)microsoft.com...
>
>> Yes a 1 MB chip I still have the old one which is a 1 MB
>
> Billy-Boy Gates stated some years ago that nobody needs more than 640K of
> memory.
>
>

And when he said it, it was true. I bet he isn't saying it now. BTW,
Billy Boy isn't the man in charge any more. It's Steve Ballmer.

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From: Greg Russell on 31 Mar 2010 12:21
"Alias" <aka(a)masked&anonymous.com.invalido> wrote in message
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>> Billy-Boy Gates stated some years ago that nobody needs more than 640K of
>> memory.
>
> And when he said it, it was true.

No, it most certainly wasn't, and people like you will believe _anything_
that Billy tells them.

I was running mathematical models at the time that simply couldn't be run
with that little of memory, so they were compiled and run on 32-bit systems
such as SunOS. The very numerous "himem" 3rd-party programs to extend the
memory beyond the Billy-mandated 640K barrier were a drain on cpu cycles, as
well as a significant source of additional "bugs" beyond the inherent M$
ones.


From: Alias on 31 Mar 2010 12:25
Greg Russell wrote:
> "Alias" <aka(a)masked&anonymous.com.invalido> wrote in message
> news:hovr84$9cf$2(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>
>>> Billy-Boy Gates stated some years ago that nobody needs more than 640K of
>>> memory.
>> And when he said it, it was true.
>
> No, it most certainly wasn't, and people like you will believe _anything_
> that Billy tells them.
>
> I was running mathematical models at the time that simply couldn't be run
> with that little of memory, so they were compiled and run on 32-bit systems
> such as SunOS. The very numerous "himem" 3rd-party programs to extend the
> memory beyond the Billy-mandated 640K barrier were a drain on cpu cycles, as
> well as a significant source of additional "bugs" beyond the inherent M$
> ones.
>
>

OK, you win. It was true for most people and I bet he isn't saying that now.

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From: "db" databaseben at hotmail dot on 31 Mar 2010 12:48
I hope you mean you
have 1 gigabyte stick
of ram and not a 1
megabyte of ram.

besides smaller mem chips
are not manufactured in
one megabyte increments.

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>
>

"klafert" <klafert(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9951DDF1-5107-4CD7-981E-5665EAC697E1(a)microsoft.com...
> Yes a 1 MB chip I still have the old one which is a 1 MB
>
> "C" wrote:
>
>> klafert wrote:
>> > When I tried to log in - put in my password - my computer freezes up - then
>> > I restart the computer and it lets me log in just fine. The computer runs
>> > fine for the most part but now and then still locks up. Especially when
>> > idle. I changed the ram chip and it is much better but still freezes up at
>> > Log On. Do I need to repair my profile. Seems much better since I changed
>> > out the ram chip - I am using Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
>>
>> How many ram sticks do you have, only one?
>>
>> --
>> C
>> .
>>
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