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The very first computer I saw Unix on was a minicomputer/workstation in 1985. It had a 68020 processor running at 20 mhz, and had 4mb of RAM. It cost around $75

by ojbyrne 18y ago

The very first computer I saw Unix on was a minicomputer/workstation in 1985. It had a 68020 processor running at 20 mhz, and had 4mb of RAM. It cost around $75k.

rbanffy 18y ago
The first one I saw (not used - the first one I used was a 680x0 box) was a Z-80 based Cromemco monster running Cromix on less than 512K. Unix can be really small, if we sacrifice some stuff.
- ojbyrne 18y ago
  I thought we were making the point that hardware was slow and expensive much later than the 60s and 70s, not that Unix could be really small.
  - rbanffy 18y ago
    I was making the point that even a lowly hare-brained 8-bit processor can run a Unix-like OS.