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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:9011 comp.os.linux:35449 comp.os.minix:21895 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1854 comp.os.misc:2162 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!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!bogus.sura.net!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!wd6cmu From: wd6cmu@netcom.com (Eric Williams) Subject: Re: Unix CAN be used on a minimal system! (Re: Unix OS for 286) Message-ID: <wd6cmuC5vI9G.Eor@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] References: <1r39huINN2mk@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 07:03:15 GMT Lines: 13 scott allen long (scottl@engin.umich.edu) wrote: : 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? Actually, people have been running multi-tasking multi-windowing software on Radio Shack Color Computer III's with 128-256K RAM for years. They used the OS9 operating system level 2. Too bad Microware was never very interested in supporting hobbiest users. -- Eric Williams wd6cmu@netcom.com | Never attribute to malice that which WD6CMU@WD6CMU.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA | is adequately explained by stupidity.