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Re: Early Unixes requirements. (Was: Soviet PCs)

From	Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: Early Unixes requirements. (Was: Soviet PCs)
Date	2016-02-16 11:42 +0000
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On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:14:21 +0000, Stan Barr wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:41:02 -0500, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
>>
>> I remember early articles in Byte, in the early eighties, about Unix.
>> SOme were tutorials, some were reviews.  One review for a system that
>> did run Unix  had a whopping 512K or RAM, and a hard drive with less
>> space than many a computer now has RAM.
> 
> My emulated PDP-11 (486 DX4/100 MSDOS E-11) runs Unix 5th Edition quite
> happily in 256 KWords of RAM.  I think the (emulated) hard disk is
> 2.4MB. It will boot Ultrix, but can't do anything useful with it.
> I normally run RSTS/E v7 which runs just fine...

When I get a chance to fix the power supply problem, I'll have to put 
Mini-UNIX on my (real) 11/23.

(we used to use a UNIX system for teaching; PDP-11/40 with 112KW (224kB) 
of RAM and two 2.4MB RK05s)




-- 
Using UNIX since v6 (1975)...

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[CM] Soviet PCs RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-10-17 05:50 +0000
  Re: [CM] Soviet PCs philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-10-17 10:22 -0500
  Re: [CM] Soviet PCs Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-10-17 23:00 -0300
    Re: [CM] Soviet PCs Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-10-17 21:14 -0700
      Re: [CM] Soviet PCs hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-14 19:17 -0800
    Re: [CM] Soviet PCs Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-18 11:04 +0000
      Re: [CM] Soviet PCs Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-10-18 11:58 -0700
        Re: [CM] Soviet PCs Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-19 00:15 +0200
          Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2016-02-14 16:37 -0500
            Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-14 16:54 -0500
              Re: Early Unixes requirements. (Was: Soviet PCs) philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-02-14 17:58 -0600
              Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-15 21:27 +0000
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-15 17:41 -0500
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-02-15 23:08 +0000
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-16 00:20 +0100
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-16 04:46 -0800
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-16 15:15 +0100
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-17 11:42 -0800
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-02-17 23:24 +0100
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-02-18 10:42 +0000
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-02-16 08:14 +0000
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-02-16 11:42 +0000
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-02-16 17:01 +0000
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-02-17 01:32 +0000
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-15 18:23 -0600
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-16 00:50 +0000
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-16 15:09 -0600
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-17 03:42 +0000
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-02-17 14:11 +0000
              Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) cmadams@cmadams.net (Chris Adams) - 2016-02-15 17:15 -0600
            Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-14 19:40 -0800
              Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-14 19:45 -0800
              Re: Early Unixes requirements. (Was: Soviet PCs) Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-02-15 01:12 -0600
                Re: Early Unixes requirements. (Was: Soviet PCs) Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-15 06:09 -0800
                Re: Early Unixes requirements. (Was: Soviet PCs) Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-02-15 13:37 -0600
                Re: Early Unixes requirements. (Was: Soviet PCs) "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-02-15 16:16 -0500
                Re: Early Unixes requirements. (Was: Soviet PCs) Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-16 18:52 -0700
                Re: Early Unixes requirements. (Was: Soviet PCs) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-02-16 22:18 -0500
              Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-02-15 09:43 +0000
              Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2016-02-15 15:27 -0500
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-02-16 09:14 +0000
              Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-18 20:30 -0800
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-19 19:48 +0000
                Re: Early Unixes requirements. (Was: Soviet PCs) Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-19 12:56 -0700
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-19 20:15 -0600
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-19 20:24 -0600
                Re: Early Unixes requirements. Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-02-19 20:34 -0800
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-20 19:56 +0000
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-02-20 22:10 +0000
                Re: Early Unixes requirements.  (Was: Soviet PCs) "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-02-20 16:12 -0600
        Re: [CM] Soviet PCs Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-18 21:56 -0400
          Re: [CM] Soviet PCs Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-10-19 07:07 +0000
            Re: [CM] Soviet PCs Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-19 11:38 -0400
  Re: [CM] Soviet PCs Conceited Jerk <cj.speakeasy@AAARGHgmail.com> - 2015-10-18 11:34 -0500
  Re: [CM] Soviet PCs mentificium@gmail.com - 2015-10-18 11:32 -0700

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