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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:9002 comp.os.linux:35394 comp.os.minix:21887 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1840 comp.os.misc:2157 Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!storm From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) Subject: Re: Unix CAN be used on a minimal system! (Re: Unix OS for 286) Message-ID: <1993Apr22.002505.23735@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> Sender: news@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: mnementh.cs.mcgill.ca Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada References: <1r34mlINNbv6@uwm.edu> <1r39huINN2mk@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> <jburney.735399116@hydra.nodc.noaa.gov> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 00:25:05 GMT Lines: 25 In article <jburney.735399116@hydra.nodc.noaa.gov> jburney@hydra.nodc.noaa.gov (Jeff Burney) writes: >>>>I use Coherent 4.0, the 32-bit 386-specific version, on a 16-mhz 386-SX. >>>>It has 2 MB of RAM, and the 45 MB hard drive is divided evenly down the middle. >>[deleted.... "My computer is smaller than yours!"] >>You people are all masochists! Next we'll be hearing from a guy who is "doing >>just fine" running Unix on an Altair 8800 with 64k of memory and an 8" floppy! >>What do you guys do, read Great Novels while your computer boots up? > >Oh yeah, well I'm running Unix, DOS6.0, VMS and OSF/1 simultaneously, >in different Gem windows on an Atari 800 with 48k and a 51/4" external drive. >HAHAHAHAHAHAHA....ahem, sorry. HA! WIMPS! ALL OF YOU! Look at all of you with your 'powerhouse' machines. Try running UNIX on a real machine---A Timex Sinclar 1000. AWESOME machine. Gotta love how it refreshes the entire screen after every character types. Tooodlepip! Marc [the Vic20 is just too damn fast] 'em.