> Seems archaic today ... run in mere kilobytes of RAM
There is an entire industry that does pretty much that... today. They might run in flash instead of RAM, but still, a few kilobytes.
Probably there are more embedded devices out there than PCs. PIC, AVR, MSP, ARM, custom archs. There might be one of those right now under your hand, in that thing you use to move the cursor.
There is an entire industry that does pretty much that... today. They might run in flash instead of RAM, but still, a few kilobytes.
Probably there are more embedded devices out there than PCs. PIC, AVR, MSP, ARM, custom archs. There might be one of those right now under your hand, in that thing you use to move the cursor.