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From: lars@iclswe.icl.se (Lars Tunkrans)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SVR4.0; can I run it?
Message-ID: <1991Apr14.232201.25724@iclswe.icl.se>
Date: 14 Apr 91 23:22:01 GMT
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odin@jomby.cs.wisc.edu (Odin Anderson) writes:

>I have an optin to get AT&T SVR4.0 at a very good price and would love the
>opprotunity to get it up and running.  But I'm not sure that my HW is compat-
>able.  I have a 386sx machine with 3Mb RAM, AMI bios, VGA graphics, and 65Mb 
>disk drive.  I figure that I will have to get some more RAM to make it run 
>well.  If anyone has some advice on the plausability and functionality of this,
>I would apreciate your comments.

I wouldnt try running a full SVR4.0 on anything less than 6-8 Mb of RAM and
200 Mb of Disk. A 16 MHz 386sx will do for a two-user system, a 20 MHz one 
will have some more mileage.

Lars.
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