Bruno LevyMar 4
My brand new computer !
- does not fit in my backpack (bad !)
- runs Unix (good !)
- OS does not have AI extension that I don't want (good !)
- 32 Kb of main memory, I'll need to optimize hashtag#geogram a bit (good !)
Show threadWeasel

@BrunoLevy01

Congratulations!

If you're serious about running Unix, I'd suggest trying to scrounge up the full 256KB of main memory. Back in 1979-1982 I ran the UCLA Math Department PDP-11. The Unix v6 kernel by itself was around 48KB; v7 was around 64KB with just a very few kernel buffers. You might be able to get it to run with 128KB, but remember userspace programs had to swap, not page, so the entire process has to fit resident in main memory to run.

Mar 23 at 4:18amWeb
Show threadBruno Levy1d ago
@weaselx86 it's nothing serious (unfortunately), the machine, in the hall of the CS dpt in Berlin, is not functional. But I have an Apple ][+ from 1979 that works like a charm (after servicing the PSU and changing the RIFA). But this one cannot run Unix !