Re: How much RAM can debian support?

[Terence <terence.john@gmail.com>]

> There's a well-known story about the Osborne computers.  He had a
> line of 8 bit computers which virtually captured the market.  As the
> 16 bit processors came into being his customers "demanded" 16 bits
> even though they had no idea what they were going to do with
> it(them?).  Osborne capitulated and said that his 16 bit machine was
> "in development" (it wasn't far along at all).  His customers stopped
> buying his 8 bit machines, he couldn't deliver the 16 bit machines
> and his company went out of business.  So much for aggressive
> marketing on CPU width.


They were very cool machines for their time- and I always wanted one.

Heavy, yes, but for their time an excellent "luggable". If they had
survived, and had developed........?

Terence