http://blog.crankybit.com/640k-is-enough-for-anyone/ Take a byte out of tech! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:54:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.crankybit.com/640k-is-enough-for-anyone/#comment-38477 chris Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:25:36 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/640k-is-enough-for-anyone/#comment-38477 The VIC had 5K of ram, 3.5 of which was available for basic programs and data and it was even less if you bitmapped the screen. The VIC had 5K of ram, 3.5 of which was available for basic programs and data and it was even less if you bitmapped the screen.

]]> http://blog.crankybit.com/640k-is-enough-for-anyone/#comment-25222 Sander Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:27:33 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/640k-is-enough-for-anyone/#comment-25222 The VIC-20 had 3.5KB. Just to set the record straight :) The VIC-20 had 3.5KB. Just to set the record straight

]]> http://blog.crankybit.com/640k-is-enough-for-anyone/#comment-13181 Gary Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:07:30 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/640k-is-enough-for-anyone/#comment-13181 This quote is used by many and is often dated as 1981. There seems to be some confusion as this was around the time that Commodore replaced the VIC 20 having 8K with the Commodore 64 with 64K. Their slogan was "More memory than anyone will ever need." I can't imagine anyone was thinking we would ever need 640K at that time and now you can buy a 1TB storage drive for $250. Who da thunk? This quote is used by many and is often dated as 1981. There seems to be some confusion as this was around the time that Commodore replaced the VIC 20 having 8K with the Commodore 64 with 64K. Their slogan was “More memory than anyone will ever need.” I can’t imagine anyone was thinking we would ever need 640K at that time and now you can buy a 1TB storage drive for $250. Who da thunk?

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