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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2563 comp.os.linux.misc:16930 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!hippo.ru.ac.za!ee.und.ac.za!csir.co.za!frcs.alt.za!tantrum.frcs.alt.za!paul From: paul@frcs.alt.za (Paul Nash) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: One downsmanship (Was:Re: Linux vs *BSD (new twist)) Date: 14 Jun 1994 18:40:02 +0200 Organization: Free Range Computer Systems CC Lines: 14 Message-ID: <paul.771611878@tantrum.frcs.alt.za> References: <2sl6o3$pvs@aurora.engr.latech.edu> <2spm91$1b2@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <2t7jbf$gq0@umd5.umd.edu> <1994Jun10.094747.21313@cc.usu.edu> <2tga32$d6f@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: tantrum.frcs.alt.za peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva) writes: > Oh, then I can talk about the 3 user 1802-based development system with 4K of > ROM and 12K of RAM and 2 bog-standard 250K IBM-style 8" floppies. I think it It's not in the same class, but the first "real" computer that I worked on was a Varian (now Sperry) with 16kbytes (8kwords) of magnetic core, than could multitask 12 users running Basic from Teletype terminals. The beauty of the magnetic memory was that you could power the machine down, turn it back on again and carry on from where you left off. -- Paul Nash network grunt and bit-pusher extraordinaire paul@frcs.alt.za PO Box 12475, Onderstepoort, 0110 South Africa