Timeline for Why 18 expansion slots on the Altair 8800?
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| Mar 24, 2022 at 22:13 | comment | added | supercat | A higher-performance engine will affect driving experience, even if one could get by with a lower-performance one. On the other hand, a computer with 18 slots of which six are used would behave identically to a computer with 8 slots of which 6 are used. Having some room for expansion is desirable, but going for something that's more than half again the highest foreseeable need would seem excessive. | |
| Mar 24, 2022 at 22:04 | comment | added | Raffzahn | @supercat What family car does need 150 HP? 50 would be more than enough for all situations they ever encounter. Still, look what they buy... | |
| Mar 24, 2022 at 21:35 | comment | added | supercat | In what situations would people need anywhere close to 18 slots? Even using 256x4 SRAM chips, I would think one could practically build a board with 8KB of RAM (64 such chips and control circuitry in a 5"x10" wouldn't have a huge amount of extra space, but should be able to fit given how many connections the RAM chips would have in common). So 48K of RAM would be six boards. | |
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