Atari TT030 install media...

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Mon May 10 14:28:17 2004

> > I truthfully can't see a good reason to install Unix on one of these
>> systems these days. You should be able to get a PC that will do it
>> better and faster for free.
>
>It's just nice as a museum exhibit though, if we're able to show it
>running both a windowing environment and a real Unix with networking
>too.

But if you want to use the system as a museum exhibit, wouldn't it be
best to show it running it's original OS? I can see loading Unix if
the OS wasn't available, but for the TT030 it is.

> > Besides, how much RAM does your TT030 have?
>
>Ahh, 'only' 4MB on this one I think. Just enough for running BSD I
>believe though. I did come across some info on the web on how to
>increase the memory in them, but there's too much work to be done on
>other things to justify spending a huge amount of time messing around
>with this!

I think that might have been the basic amount, that's how much mine has.

                Zane
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