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From: bzs@bu-cs.bu.EDU (Barry Shein)
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Subject: \"fork\" with no MMU (was Re: Shared libraries (Was: ...)
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Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 15:28:54 EST
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>That still doesn't disprove my claim that UNIX won't run on a system with
>512K, two floppies, and no MMU. I don't consider swapping to floppies as
>an acceptable method of context switching. Maybe totally hacked 8" drives
>would do, but I'd want at least a hard disk.
>-- Peter da Silva  `-_-'  ...!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter

The claim seems to have gone from "won't run on a system with..." to
"won't run fast enough on such a system to satisfy my (unspecified)
needs".

That's a bait and switch. Your question was answered, if you have a
different question stating performance levels you are seeking you
should probably state *that*. Otherwise this is a very silly game
indeed.

	-Barry Shein, Boston University