[comp.os.cpm] Static Memory

rzh@lll-lcc.llnl.gov (Roger Hanscom) (12/07/88)

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
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