▲ 586 ▼ Dell and Lenovo may limit mid-range laptops to 8GB DDR5 RAM in response to rising memory prices (www.notebookcheck.net) submitted 10 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 203 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (3 children) You're thinking of CP/M, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) Can CP/M address >= 2^32 bytes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 10 months ago https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/cpm-internals CP/M requires a minimum of 20K RAM, although realistically, 48K is the bare minimum. Most systems have the maximum 64K. Sounds like it can't address > 2¹⁶ bytes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago CP/M-86, maybe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 10 months ago (2 children) Can CP/M address >= 2^32 bytes? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 10 months ago https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/cpm-internals CP/M requires a minimum of 20K RAM, although realistically, 48K is the bare minimum. Most systems have the maximum 64K. Sounds like it can't address > 2¹⁶ bytes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago CP/M-86, maybe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 10 months ago https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/cpm-internals CP/M requires a minimum of 20K RAM, although realistically, 48K is the bare minimum. Most systems have the maximum 64K. Sounds like it can't address > 2¹⁶ bytes. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago CP/M-86, maybe. permalink fedilink source parent