21 Oct
2006
21 Oct
'06
noon
> Interesting -- I got inspired tonight and I spent
a few hours with
> VTServer getting 2.11BSD installed on the /73, with the 512k ram
> board installed -- it seems to run okay, though I haven't done much
> with it yet (Only have the root partition copied over, looks like
> getting the rest of the tar files installed will be more of a
> challenge...). Guess the 1mb ram requirement isn't strictly enforced
> -- maybe if I get _really_ crazy, I'll try it with 256k :).
>
Guy Sotomayor wrote:
VTserver is different from 2.11BSD. VTserver will run
in 192K of
memory. The 1MB for 2.11BSD is no joke. It really takes *a lot* of
memory (for a PDP-11) to run.
However, I'm running it on a 4MB 11/70 and it's quite happy! :-)
No, I'm quite positive that I've booted and run 2.11BSD on my /73 with
only 512k memory, honest :). I can attach the output of the machine
booting if you want proof. Now, as to how _useful_ 2.11BSD will be with
only 512k ram...
Josh