DudemanJenkins@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 months agoHow much firmware is initializing???lemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1910arrow-down19
arrow-up1901arrow-down1imageHow much firmware is initializing???lemmy.worldDudemanJenkins@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 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-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI’ll date myself. My first PC had 500MB of STORAGE
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoMy first pc had a tape drive.
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 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-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 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-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoNever ask an engineer why lol Source: am engineer
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 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.