monica_b1998@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoA 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recordertechfixated.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1512arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1508arrow-down1external-linkA 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recordertechfixated.commonica_b1998@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square73fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoCommodore VIC-20 came out in 1980 with 20KB as well.
minus-squaremememuseum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours ago20KB of ROM and 5KB of RAM, though that was expandable!
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours ago 5KB of RAM TIL! I’ve been living a lie for decades thinking the 20 in VIC-20 was the amount of RAM like the 64 in C64 meant the amount of RAM. I only owned the C64, never a VIC-20.
Commodore VIC-20 came out in 1980 with 20KB as well.
20KB of ROM and 5KB of RAM, though that was expandable!
TIL! I’ve been living a lie for decades thinking the 20 in VIC-20 was the amount of RAM like the 64 in C64 meant the amount of RAM. I only owned the C64, never a VIC-20.