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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2547 comp.os.linux.misc:16608 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!gateway.dircsa.org.au!cleese.apana.org.au!apanix.apana.org.au!hart From: hart@apanix.apana.org.au (Leigh Hart) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: One downsmanship (Was:Re: Linux vs *BSD (new twist)) Date: 10 Jun 94 11:17:41 GMT Organization: Apanix Public Access Unix, +61 8 373 5485 (5 lines) Lines: 29 Message-ID: <hart.771247061@apanix.apana.org.au> References: <2sl6o3$pvs@aurora.engr.latech.edu> <2smc4m$daj@Mercury.mcs.com> <WAYNE.94Jun3224657@backbone.uucp> <2spm91$1b2@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <hart.770900967@apanix.apana.org.au> <Cr2JxG.9v5@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: seldon.apanix.apana.org.au rdm@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Rob Masters) writes: >In <hart.770900967@apanix.apana.org.au> hart@apanix.apana.org.au (Leigh Hart) writes: >>peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva) writes: >>>-- Peter, who first used UNIX on an 11/70 that supported 65 users in 2MB RAM, >>> and still supports Xenix systems that'll run 10 users in 1MB. >>-- Leigh, who first used UNIX on an 11/34 that supported 12 users in 128k RAM, >> and still runs FreeBSD on a 386sx-16/6mb :-) >Who first used UNIX on an 11/23 with 16 users in 128k Ram, runs FreeBSD on a >386sx-25/4Mb and /still/ supports a Xenix 286 system that handles 16 users >in 1MB! Who first used CPM on a Fergusson Big Board (home-built-with-friend) complete with an Eprom Burner on the motherboard :-) >(Who knows where this will all end! ;-) I might leave it there, I'm getting faint with bad memories :-) Cheers Leigh -- Leigh Hart C/- PO Box 758 North Adelaide SA 5006 hart@eppie.apana.org.au hart@apanix.apana.org.au hart@cleese.apana.org.au