Subject: Re: VS2000 NetBSD port
To: Dave McGuire <mcguire@rocinante.digex.net>
From: Paul Apprich <psapp@terra.cnct.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/15/1996 21:42:53
On Sat, 15 Jun 1996, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On June 15, you wrote:
> > Is there anybody else in this list interested on NetBSD for VS2000?
>
> YES!!!
>
> > I think VS2000 has not enough power to hold a multiuser operating system,
> > with only 4Meg of RAM and a 70Meg hard disk.
>
> So put more memory and a bigger disk in it. And about processing
> power...How many NetBSD/i386 people are running on 386DX/16 or 386SX
> machines? Quite a few. They're about the same speed.
>
> > Yes, It would be nice to say "NetBSD runs on every VAX".
>
> It'd also be nice to pick up a VS2000 at a hamfest for fifty bucks
> and turn it into a light-duty, lunchbox-sized web server with NetBSD.
>
>
> -Dave McGuire
> mcguire@digex.net
>
I was running NetBSD on a 386 DX 16 w/ 5 MB RAM & 170/120 MB HDD's
and it worked fairly well. It never crashed and tolerated 'illegally'
formatted IDE drives without halting when I had MS-DOG on it.
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