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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:8993 comp.os.linux:35320 comp.os.minix:21880 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1818 comp.os.misc:2151 Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!nsisrv!news1.gsfc.nasa.gov!jburney From: jburney@hydra.nodc.noaa.gov (Jeff Burney) Subject: Re: Unix CAN be used on a minimal system! (Re: Unix OS for 286) Message-ID: <jburney.735399116@hydra.nodc.noaa.gov> Sender: usenet@skates.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD USA References: <1qtep4INNmn7@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> <930419394@tiny.com> <1r34mlINNbv6@uwm.edu> <1r39huINN2mk@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 13:31:56 GMT Lines: 16 >>>I use Coherent 4.0, the 32-bit 386-specific version, on a 16-mhz 386-SX. >>>It has 2 MB of RAM, and the 45 MB hard drive is divided evenly down the middle. >[deleted.... "My computer is smaller than yours!"] >You people are all masochists! Next we'll be hearing from a guy who is "doing >just fine" running Unix on an Altair 8800 with 64k of memory and an 8" floppy! >What do you guys do, read Great Novels while your computer boots up? Oh yeah, well I'm running Unix, DOS6.0, VMS and OSF/1 simultaneously, in different Gem windows on an Atari 800 with 48k and a 51/4" external drive. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA....ahem, sorry. -- Jeff Burney 202-606-4570 jburney@argos.nodc.noaa.gov Ocean Climate Lab NOAA/National Oceanographic Data Center