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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: laptop external displays (and general recommendations) Date: 18 Jul 1996 15:45:21 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4slim1$b5@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <to3f2s6dzz.fsf@avalon.harvard.edu> <4sgfht$j1j@helena.MT.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Nate Williams (nate@trout.mt.sri.com) wrote: : In article <to3f2s6dzz.fsf@avalon.harvard.edu>, : Erik Evensen <erik@avalon.harvard.edu> wrote: : >What is currently considered to be a usable minimum system : >(processor/mem/HD) for FreeBSD on a laptop? I'm hoping to use the : >system for writing using TeX (dare I attempt to use Emacs?) and doing : >some development when I'm away from my desk. : 486/33 with 12M and a 200M disk would be the bare minimum. Anything : more makes it really nice. Me, I've got a P75 with 24MB and a 810MB disk : and I've got 4 OS's on it. :) I ran a DX4/75 with 8M for a while. It's fine until you run X. Running X was a real pain in the ass, but when I got another 8Mb, it was fine - still is. Disk is dependent on what you want to have there. I have full sources (and space to build them), X, the original distribution files, a few packages & source archives, 300Mb of DOS s**t on its own partition, news (<10 groups), all on a 1080Mb disk. You could probably squeeze something (of limited use) onto about 60Mb. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....