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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:9023 comp.os.linux:35542 comp.os.minix:21906 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1882 comp.os.misc:2168 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!caen!malgudi.oar.net!wariat.org!tiny!sjsobol From: sjsobol@tiny.com (Steven J Sobol) Followup-To: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Distribution: world Subject: Re: Unix CAN be used on a minimal system! (Re: Unix OS for 286) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] References: <1r39huINN2mk@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> Message-ID: <930421377@tiny.com> Organization: The Tiny Software Co. Cleveland, OH USA Date: Wed, 21 Apr 93 15:18:22 EDT Lines: 22 scott allen long (scottl@engin.umich.edu) wrote: : In article <1r34mlINNbv6@uwm.edu> Rick Miller - Linux Device Registrar <rick@ee.uwm.edu> writes: : >sjsobol@tiny.com (Steven J Sobol) 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? Do you think I want to be running on a 2/20 system running a 386/SX? NO!!! Actually I'd like to have a Pentium. But my Gold Card application hasn't been accepted yet... at least, they haven't sent me my card. (Oh, by the way. Never get a bank loan for a computer. Buy outright or lease if you can. My loan was a huge mistake... I forgot how fast computers depreciate.) To answer your question, I did finish "War and Peace" once during bootup. :) -- steven j. sobol, head honcho, The Tiny Software Co. sjsobol@tiny.com Disclaimer: I own TSC's opinions. :) APK Public Access Internet: telnet to ! Drown the soul, and through the eyes wariat.org or call 216-481-9436 ! you'll see the future so cold & (2400 baud) or 481-1960 (9600 and up) ! lonely (House of Love)