Unix in least RAM, was Re: [rescue] Cheap RAM?

[Greg A. Woods]

I've got a little 486 laptop next to me that boots and runs
NetBSD-current just fine in 4MB of RAM.  I even have SSH v2 on it.

It would be happier with a faster and larger disk, but other than that
it makes a wonderful little portable terminal complete with both RS/232
and PCMCIA Ethernet!  :-)

(I think there may even be a parallel port on it!  ;-)

That's probably the smallest and least capable computer I've ever run
any Unix on.  I never did get my PDP-11's to boot BSD....  :-(

(Somone on one of the NetBSD lists seemed to be hinting they were
running X11 too on an 8mb 486....  :-)

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