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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:9135 comp.os.linux:36439 comp.os.minix:22021 comp.os.386bsd.questions:2060 comp.os.misc:2199 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!newsroom.utas.edu.au!psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au!peter From: peter@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au (Peter R. Tattam) Subject: Re: Unix CAN be used on a minimal system! (Re: Unix OS for 286) Message-ID: <peter.492.0@psychnet.psychol.utas.edu.au> Sender: news@newsroom.utas.edu.au Organization: Psychology Department, University of Tasmania References: <1qtep4INNmn7@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> <930419394@tiny.com> <1r34mlINNbv6@uwm.edu> <1r39huINN2mk@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> <C5uLo7.CBw@crdnns.crd.ge.com> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 05:41:53 GMT Lines: 31 In article <C5uLo7.CBw@crdnns.crd.ge.com> davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes: >From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) >Subject: Re: Unix CAN be used on a minimal system! (Re: Unix OS for 286) >Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 19:19:18 GMT >In article <1r39huINN2mk@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>, scottl@engin.umich.edu (scott allen long) writes: >| 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? > No, change floppy disks! It adds a whole new meaning to the term >"swapping." >-- >bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345 > Last year I worried that Bush would die and let Quayle take over. > This year I worry that Hillary will die and let Bill take over. That's nothing.... in my first year uni, we hard to write our programs up on paper and hand them in to be typed up. Sometimes it would take a week to get your program back. It was pure joy to be able to have your own login account. Those were the days.... Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Tattam International Phone 61-02-202346 Programmer, Psychology Department Australia Phone 002-202346 University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ----------------------------------------------------------------------------