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From: sjsobol@tiny.com (Steven J Sobol)
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Subject: Re: Unix CAN be used on a minimal system! (Re: Unix OS for 286)
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Organization: The Tiny Software Co.  Cleveland, OH  USA
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 93 15:18:22 EDT
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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. :)

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steven j. sobol, head honcho, The Tiny Software Co.    sjsobol@tiny.com
Disclaimer: I own TSC's opinions. :)
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