From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us Subject: Re: Unix Haters Date: 1996/03/30 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 144978357 references: <00001a73+00002504@msn.com> <31442F19.6C13@lfwc.lockheed.com> <4i26uhINNsd@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> <31457584.2475@lfwc.lockheed.com> <4i4s5f$igc@solutions.solon.com> <3146E324.5C1E@lfwc.lockheed.com> <4i9ld6$m2v@rational.rational.com> <4iah20$p7k@saba.info.ucla.edu> <4ifqbg$b32@fred.netinfo.com.au> <4iutmh$790@ionews.ionet.net> organization: Absolutely None! followup-to: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1996-03-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar (dewar@cs.nyu.edu) wrote: > "Unix's main charm is and always has been that it runs on cheap hardware." > Another chuckle. Typical Unix systems today require skads of memory, > and typically you find Unix only on high end machines, while the 99% > of lower end machines are running other OS's (System 7, DOS, WIndows) It isn't necessary to have a PentiiumPro/200, 128mb RAM, 8Gig disk to run Unix. Runs fine on my 386dx40 (as long as I don't want to run X, that is, dragging awindow is kinda painful) 16mb RAM 800mb disk. Cheap 486's a la 486dx2/66 8mb RAM half gig disk can be had for a thousand or less and are entirely capable of running Unix or clones and giving good performance for many needs. Fred -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .---- / Fred Smith ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us / / / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: 617-438-5471 / / (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ Jude 1:24,25 Office: 508-663-2524 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------