Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 4 days agoSomeone ran a modern Linux OS on a 30-year-old CPU, and it's surprisingly usablewww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down13
arrow-up1204arrow-down1external-linkSomeone ran a modern Linux OS on a 30-year-old CPU, and it's surprisingly usablewww.xda-developers.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squarehexagonwinlinkfedilinkarrow-up66·4 days agoPentium 75 with… 128MB of ram lol. That’s LARGE!
minus-squareProve_your_argument@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoMy pentium 133 got upgraded to 128MB a few years after I had it. Definitely by 1999. It’s a 1995 proc so it’s not an unrealistic ram amount within the usable lifetime of the processor.
minus-squareKhleedril@cyberplace.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days ago@hexagonwin @throws_lemy It certainly is. I remember when memory was £30/MB; had a 386SX33 at the time.
Pentium 75 with… 128MB of ram lol. That’s LARGE!
My pentium 133 got upgraded to 128MB a few years after I had it. Definitely by 1999. It’s a 1995 proc so it’s not an unrealistic ram amount within the usable lifetime of the processor.
@hexagonwin @throws_lemy It certainly is. I remember when memory was £30/MB; had a 386SX33 at the time.