7 Nov
2007
7 Nov
'07
8:02 a.m.
On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, ajones wrote:
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:21:02 -0500
From: ajones <aijones2 at bsu.edu>
Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: modern serial terminal
Umm... nonsense...
Ultrix32 on a Vaxstation (say 1/8 the horsepower of the 486sx) was
comfortable in 8M, including _complete_ TCPIP, X, real shell(s), and
reliability... all this about 8 years before W95...
Peter Wallace
Message: 4
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:31:28 -0700
From: woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>
Subject: Re: modern serial terminal
PS. I like windows/95 over the latest versions of linux ... Too much bloat.
There was never a version of Linux, or UNIX in general, less bloated than
Windows 95. Windows 95 will very comfortably get you TCP/IP, protected
memory, preemptive multitasking[1], and a graphical desktop on a 486 SX with
8M of RAM. Linux 2.0 with XF86 3.x was a carnival of swapping on that
configuration. Solaris x86 wouldn't even boot.