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		jacobush on Jan 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Modern Linux in an ancient PC Yes. Some friends of mine once configured a 486 with 64 megs as a sort of practical joke, or cool thing to do. They temporarily cannibalised the other PCs at the school for memory SIMMs.

icedchai on Jan 6, 2018 [–]

I remember a friend paying around $800 (USD) for a 32 meg 72-pin DIMM back in 1994. I think a year or so later, RAM prices really spiked up...

Clubber on Jan 7, 2018 | [–]

I remember that. I think it was because of demand + and earthquake in Asia or something like that.

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