September 17, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, charliearon said: All of you young "whippersnappers" and your floppy dice and HDD. I worked on a billing and accounting system that had 4K of program memory and 1 and 1/2 K of data memory. Core memory...little doughnuts with a wire going through it. Boy, does that ever bring back memories. The first program I ever "wrote" was a bunch of wires plugged into a board on a 1620. It's really important to remember, though, that 64K of memory is all anybody will ever need...now if I could just remember who said that...😁 Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
September 17, 20187 yr 37 minutes ago, W2DR said: Boy, does that ever bring back memories. The first program I ever "wrote" was a bunch of wires plugged into a board on a 1620. It's really important to remember, though, that 64K of memory is all anybody will ever need...now if I could just remember who said that...😁 Wasn't Bill Gates the one who said that 640 kB should be enough for anybody? Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
September 17, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, Christopher Low said: I couldn't care less how much hard disk space is required. I'm taking a screenshot of this ... so I can remind you ... it'll be a long time before you see PR resolution as good as you'll see LC on a global level ... the quest for higher resolution scenery will continue just like the quest for more RAM, more permanent storage, etc. etc. ... Bring up Google Earth and AF2, compare the resolution over any given spot in the Netherlands ... you'll see what you're missing. Nothing negative towards Orbx Netherlands, they're living within the practicality of hardware and storage and distribution (some people taking days to just download this small area of 72GB). 49 minutes ago, Luis Hernandez said: Wasn't Bill Gates the one who said that 640 kB should be enough for anybody? Yes I believe that is correct, but he said 1MB should be enough ... remember 640KB was what was left over after the devices were mapped into "upper memory" ... anyone recall Quarterdesk memory manager (QEMM) that would let you map more stuff in "upper memory" so as to free up the 640KB limit ... OOMs go back a long way 🙂 Cheers, Rob.
September 17, 20187 yr Quote I'm taking a screenshot of this ... so I can remind you ... it'll be a long time before you see PR resolution as good as you'll see LC on a global level Yes, but I do not need the entire globe. I would rather have a small chunk of it in high resolution photoscenery than all of it in landclass Christopher Low AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU / 64GB DDR5-6000 RAM / 12GB Nvidia RTX 4070 Super GPU / Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite Wifi 7 / 1+2TB Samsung Evo Plus M2 Nvme UK2000 Beta Tester
September 17, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, Luis Hernandez said: Wasn't Bill Gates the one who said that 640 kB should be enough for anybody? You win the prize Luis. It was, indeed, Bill Gates. And you're also right about the amount...he did say 640K, not 64K (my bad)..........Doug Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
September 18, 20187 yr Author All of you young "whippersnappers" with 4K of program memory and 1 and a 1/2K of data memory. Core memory...little doughnuts with a wire going though it, And sequential address. I remember pencils, pencil sharpeners, a tablet, and an abacus. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
September 18, 20187 yr Heck Noel, I thought you were old enough to remember using a hard rock to scratch animal pictures on the cave walls.................. Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
September 18, 20187 yr Administrators Well, this idiot (me) bought the first pocket calculator, Singer-1234 for a mere $85 back in 1974. I worked for Singer Business Machines Friden Division. Still fermenting in my dresser drawer. Supposedly, we got a bargain on it??? Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
September 18, 20187 yr Moderator 21 hours ago, Rob Ainscough said: ... anyone recall Quarterdesk memory manager (QEMM) that would let you map more stuff in "upper memory" so as to free up the 640KB limit ... OOMs go back a long way 🙂 Cheers, Rob. Yes Rob, I remember it well. I used QEMM and LANtastic to network 24 386 boxes for a 24 node PCBoard BBS system back in the day. What I find amazing is that LANtastic is still being used by organizations who need to network computers with wildly different operating systems! Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
September 18, 20187 yr 28 minutes ago, n4gix said: I used QEMM and LANtastic to network 24 386 boxes for a 24 node PCBoard BBS system back in the day. Impressive! We used it (required really) to network Falcon 3.0 (Spectrum Holobytes with a development studio out here in Alameda back in the 90's) to 4-6 other PCs (BNC) ... on a good day we got 4 PCs sync'd, on a bad day 2 PCs, on a miracle day 6 PCs. We started the 510th group with "fly-ins" at the Dunfey Hotel in San Mateo ... just as it is today, I spent most of my time helping others getting their PCs working with Falcon, IRQ settings, address settings, QEMM configurations, etc. ... so much has changed and yet still the same. Cheers, Rob.
September 18, 20187 yr Author Not quite W2DR, but I do remember cuneiform tablets. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
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