@DudemanJenkins@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 4 months agoHow much firmware is initializing???lemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1928arrow-down19
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minus-squareNeuromancerlinkfedilink9•4 months agoI will date myself. These machines had a lot of memory as well which added to the slow reboot. I think it was 16 gigs. The r series for IBM took forever. The p series was faster but was still slow
minus-square@trolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•4 months agoI’ll date myself. My first PC had 500MB of STORAGE
minus-square@trolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•4 months agoI had a friend with one of those while I had an Atari. The Atari game would come up within a minute, but the tape took like 15 min to start.
minus-squareNeuromancerlinkfedilink-1•4 months agoUsing a tape drive is crazy when you think about it. It was slow…. This wasn’t the big tape cartridges. It was a standard Audio tape. Not sure why they could store but it was all sequential
minus-square@trolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•4 months agoNever ask an engineer why lol Source: am engineer
minus-squareNeuromancerlinkfedilink-3•4 months agoMeant that as what about they could store. Why I know. Go play it and you’ll see how they did it. I am curious who said. You know am audio take will create a great experience.
I will date myself. These machines had a lot of memory as well which added to the slow reboot. I think it was 16 gigs.
The r series for IBM took forever. The p series was faster but was still slow
I’ll date myself. My first PC had 500MB of STORAGE
My first pc had a tape drive.
I had a friend with one of those while I had an Atari. The Atari game would come up within a minute, but the tape took like 15 min to start.
Using a tape drive is crazy when you think about it. It was slow…. This wasn’t the big tape cartridges. It was a standard Audio tape. Not sure why they could store but it was all sequential
Never ask an engineer why lol
Source: am engineer
Meant that as what about they could store.
Why I know. Go play it and you’ll see how they did it.
I am curious who said. You know am audio take will create a great experience.