OT - Memory usage in days of yore

[Janice Caron]

On 10/04/2008, Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  I used to work with a device that had
>  256 bytes of RAM and 8K of code space.  When working on that device, I
>  learned how important it was to split common functionality into functions.

Pah! My ZX80 had *one K* of RAM. And three quarters of that was used
for the display!
(and you could still play Space Invaders on it).

Young people today! :-)