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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Best platform for INN server?
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: 03 Mar 1995 05:28:51 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In-reply-to: rmk@tiac.net's message of 3 Mar 1995 04:16:43 GMT

In article <3j657b$j2d@sundog.tiac.net> rmk@tiac.net (Rick Kelly) writes:

   Michael L. VanLoon (michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com) wrote:
   : In article <199503020229.SAA11325@kitana.org> sysop@kitana.org (JL Gomez) writes:

   :    I'm happily running a 2GB newspool server running with 16MB of RAM using
   :    INN.
   :    I can say that Linux's disk cache/buffer strategy does help matters.  :)

   : Compared to what?

   Apple PRODOS.

No way, you heretic!  I won't believe it until you supply hard
numbers.  Now, where did I leave my Apple III Business Basic boot
floppy...

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  Michael L. VanLoon                                 michaelv@HeadCandy.com
       --<  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x  >--
     NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4, PC532,
                           DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), DEC/AXP (Alpha)
     NetBSD ports in progress: VAX and others...
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