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From: hkng2@cuse1.se.cuhk.hk (Ng Hin-Kwong Benson)
Subject: Great Expectation
Message-ID: <CJEson.M2w@eng_ser1.ie.cuhk.hk>
Summary: BSD memory usage
Keywords: BSD
Sender: news@eng_ser1.ie.cuhk.hk
Organization: Engineering Faculty, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 10:19:35 GMT
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Hi,

	Someone told me FreeBSD no longer support 4MB 486.
	Is it true?
	If so, I think it's better to state this clear and attach to the
distribution. The issue is that many of us here are looking for
something like BSD - ie. with the compatibility to POSIX. We mean strict
compatibility cause we just dont want a mixture of SYSV and POSIX in
this moment as what have been in Linus. Linux is definitely good and
well-supported but eat up a lot of memory so with 8MB is still a bit too
tight.
	What I have in mind is a system with the size of coherent or qnx
but like BSD's well-supported source tools. Is there such one?
	I just wonder about the memory organization of FreeBSD, I mean
without X window. Consider Ken Thompson's days and our Apple II's high
school days, why is it possible to provide a more elegant kernel in the
past but not the present ? I know this is again the paradox of what in
the comp.os.research debate. But what if 4MB 486 machine is almost the
most reasonable machine to most of us - students who have to work in
orde to buy ourself one.
	Coherent is a good check point of well balanced memory and
functionality, at least from what I have been told.
	Can anyone just give me a set of typical memory usage data on
the BSD and especially window like how much it cost to open up a new
window.
	BSD is good but what's the point if I cant even use it with 4MB
ram in even just a text mode?!

	I am here awaiting all you BSDers.
Rgds,

Benson

P.S.	Did I choose the bad one in the first place?

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