if you hadn't already known this about the PDP-8

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Thu Dec 13 18:02:06 2001

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Ben Franchuk wrote:

> Remember Linux too needs lots of memory. With >16 meg on a video card
> your OS needs about 16x that. It is the video display that is the
> killer.

BZZZT!! Wrong.

 Linux *likes* lots of memory. I can show you X running on a 386SX with
12M and a 1M video card. Not just a demo; that's my friend's firewall.

 Of course, it's a LOT more fun on an Athlon XP with a 64M GeForce & .5G
RAM....


  Doc
Received on Thu Dec 13 2001 - 18:02:06 GMT