thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) (07/02/89)
Addressing another part of James E. Ward's question ... Most of the GNU software operates just fine on (an expanded) UNIXPC. By "expanded" I mean one with 2MB motherboard RAM and a "reasonable" HD. I use GNU Emacs, gcc, bison, etc. daily. The GNU software WILL work on a minimal system. In fact, the system I was demo'ing at the last West Coast Computer Faire had but 512K RAM (with two 512K expansion RAm cards) and a 20MB LaPine 3.5" HD and this machine was running ALL of ("simultaneously"): The STORE! graphics demos The AMAZE game Mahjongg GNU Emacs GNU gcc The po' lil' disk was thrashing like crazy, but it (subjectively) was still faster than mainframes I was using 20 years ago! Uprgading RAM to 2, 3.5 or 4MB and adding larger HD (80 - 190 MB) makes this beast scream. All these upgrades can be done yourself if you're handy with [de-]soldering tools and can follow simple HW instructions Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]