Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!helios!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!gordon From: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Info Requested on Low Cost Unix Alternatives Message-ID: <1991Mar2.000303.25868@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 2 Mar 91 00:03:03 GMT References: <26178@adm.brl.mil> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 16 S12187TJ%SEMASSU.BITNET@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu writes: >As a newcomer to the unix world I hope Im my questions aren't in space.... >What exactly is missing from the $100 Unix clone Coherent? One major fault is that it can only run 'small model' programs; that is, the executable can be no larger than 64K. Also, the sum total of all variables must be less than 64K for each program. This includes all 'malloc' calls. --- John Gordon Internet: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu #include gordon@cerl.cecer.army.mil #include