Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-lcc!rzh From: rzh@lll-lcc.llnl.gov (Roger Hanscom) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Static Memory Message-ID: <2197@lll-lcc.llnl.gov> Date: 7 Dec 88 02:59:24 GMT Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, LCC, Livermore Ca Lines: 14 In <3618@crash.cts.com> mwilson@crash.cts.com (Marc Wilson) writes: > Why are you complaining about having to use static memory, anyway? Who's complaining?? Static is just fine....now. But in the bad old days, one could heat the house with 8 static CARDS (and a huge PS!) to do what 8 dynamic CHIPS did. There was quite an advantage to using dynamic memory then. Roger <------------> {ucbvax,ames,lll-crg,....}!lll-lcc!freedom!rzh or {ucbvax,ames,lll-crg,....}!lll-lcc!rzh or rzh%freedom.llnl.gov@lll-lcc.llnl.gov