Well the 16 MB and 32 MB I had on my computers back in 1994 and 1995 was huge. I needed 32 MB to run AutoCAD 12 for DOS back then on a couple of 486-66 Mhz machines.
When I didn't need to run AutoCAD, they were available to run Windows 3.1. It actually ran fairly well with that much memory if you could afford to put that much on your computer. I remember when I went from 16 to 32 MB, I had to pay $40 per megabyte for a 16 MB module from Crucial Technologies. After I ordered one module, I got impatient after a couple of weeks and it still had not arrived so Crucial redid the order. I finally got the order, put it in my 486 and was really pleased with the added performance. Then about a week later I received another Fedex package from Cruical with another memory module. After my experience with working with AutoCAD with 32 MB I really hated the thought of sending it back even though it would cost me an additional $640 to keep it. I decided to put the other 16 MB module in my other 486-66 so I could have two computers running AutoCAD 12 with 32 MB. Yes I did have two licenced copies at the office. One added benefit was that if I had a really big file I needed to edit, I could rob one of my 486 machines, take out a 16 MB module, install it on the other machine and have one computer running AutoCAD with 48 MB. That really was a lot back in 1994.
I remember an excitement back in the college years to have a new punch card machine that typed also the text on the top of the card, so if you drop the stack of the cards, you don't have to read the holes.
Thanks for the ping, BJClinton