DOS ain't dead - nuclear war

nuclear war (Miscellaneous)

posted by kerravon, Ligao, Free World North, 09.11.2022, 07:50

> Hello kerravon,
>
> > As such, if anyone else has nothing better to do,
> > let's standardize 16-bit segmentation computing.
> > It doesn't necessarily need to be 8086.
> > And it's probably possible for the same source
> > base to be used for future 32-bit programming.
> > I have made an opening offer/POC already, but it is
> > not set in stone.
>
> Well, to me the thing is this: If "let's standardize 16-/32-bit computing"
> is the answer, then what is the question?
>
> I am pretty sure that, in a event of a nuclear war — or for that matter,
> a large-scale conventional war, or some other large-scale disaster —
> people who want/need computing power will want it for some concrete,
> practical purposes. What will these be?

I asked that exact question, and here is the answer:

https://groups.io/g/hercules-380/message/1098

I have my own answer too - I don't really care what computers are used for. I know that early computers with very little memory were used for designing aircraft, which apparently requires lots of calculations to be done.

Maybe no-one will be interested in aeroplanes this time around - maybe we already have designs - I have no idea - I'm not an aeroplane expert.

I'm pretty sure someone will have some application for computers, no matter how little memory available or how slow the CPU is, or even if it is made of valves.

Of course you will still be able to have cage matches for the surviving computers. But as they fail, and can't be replaced, and the only new computers available for sale are 8-bit ones, you may need to make tough choices. Not everyone is capable of winning a cage match. That's my target market.

But I'm thinking ahead a bit - to 16-bit. I'll go back to 8-bit after I've sorted out 16-bit to my satisfaction.

BFN. Paul.

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