Linux is a big
heap of bloat. It seems every UNIX is, too.
My definition of light-weight is floppy-based, sub-4 MB.
For PCs that leaves a few things like BeOS, Minix, DOS,
ConcurrentDOS, CCPM and not much else.
BeOS floppy based? The versions I've seen had larger
requirements than floppies and 4MB RAM. The mention of ConcurrentDOS
and Concurrent CP/M bring to mind a switch we made 13-14 years ago
with a trouble-call tracking system we were running. It was based on
a CP/M machine with 8" floppies and a hard disk, though I no longer
recall who made it. Anyway, the database was quickly outgrowing the
capacity of this system so it was contracted out to come up with
something else. What happened was that we installed network cards in
our Zenith 248's and connected them toa server that was based on a
multiuser variant of DOS...if I recall correctly, it was called MOS.
The thing crashed at every little thing and the bugs never were
worked out of it while I worked there.
Jeff
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Collector of Classic Microcomputers and Video Game Systems:
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