[rescue] Cheap RAM?

Ken Hansen rescue at sunhelp.org
Wed Aug 1 21:46:03 CDT 2001


I remember an announcement in Unix Review about a real Unix system that ran
on a 68000 CPU, 4 Meg of RAM and a Hard Drive for less than $600!

The system never materialized...

But that was big news back in the early 80's...

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: <dave at cca.org>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [rescue] Cheap RAM?


> n2vip at yahoo.com writes:
>
> >$200 for 16 Meg (4x 4 Meg SIMMs), but I was late to the IBM PC market...
>
> Ok, another interesting question: least ram you've run unix in?
> (Real machine, not see-if-it-boots test.)
>
> 3B2/300 with 2 meg RAM, 72 meg HD.  My main machine for a few years.
>
> -------- David Fischer --------- dave at cca.org ---------
www.cca.org --------
> -------- If it wasn't for good luck, I wouldn't have no luck at
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