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1969/70 we upgraded the memory in our DEC PDP8 from 2k to 32k! We were stoked. Machine code was the go, as higher level languages just used too much memory.
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Yep I remember that, I learned some basic programming on a PDP11 as part of my training.
The first computer (a Z80 based machine) I had was just 16K.
I upgraded it by soldering two extra layers of chips on top (from memory all legs but the RAS and CAS) to make a massive 48K.
I have an I7 (860) as well, only 8Gb of RAM but it sure flies, I really should put the OS on a couple of RAID drives for some extra zip.