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How Unix Spell Ran in 64kB RAM (unix efficiency programming ram spellcheck) (codingconfessions.com | ia)
4 points by bmonkey325 115 days ago | 5 comments
  • Borg 114 days ago
    Yeah, except the site hosting the blog is bloated to hell. What a times...
    • bmonkey325 113 days ago
      We already blew through the metric where the average web page was bigger than a DOOM install

      https://www.theregister.com/2016/04/22/web_page_now_big_as_d.../

    • zxm 114 days ago
      bring back bbses, usable at 2400baud :-)
  • bmonkey325 115 days ago
    @2SB friends this tells how they were able to fit a dictionary of 250k into 64kb on a pdp11. Amazing how it was done.

    If this is too far into the weeds for the site I will note it for the future

    • zxm 114 days ago
      while it might be too far into the weeds for some, it does show a need to fit large things into small computers that is a skill and mindset that a site dedicated to antique and smaller computers should bear in mind when they hit a wall. :-)
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