• fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I like how posting got fairly fast. Then we started putting absurd amounts of ram into servers so now they’re back to slow.

    Like we have a high clock speed dual 32 core AMD server with 1TB of ram that takes at least 5 minutes to do it’s RAM check. So every time you need to reboot you’re just sitting there twiddling your thumbs waiting anxiously.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      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

          • trolololol@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            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.

            • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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              2 months ago

              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

                • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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                  2 months ago

                  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.