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- From: frank@rover.uchicago.edu (Frank - Hardware Hacker - Borger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
- Subject: Re: Number of users on an old PDP-11?
- Message-ID: <13AUG199215220182@rover.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 21:22:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug13.183035.369@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, aj681@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Carlin Wiegner) writes...
- >
- >How much memory do you think I would need to have 10 users on an
- >old PDP-11?
- Depends on the CPU. If it's limited to 1/4 meg, (say an 11/34,) then
- max memory 10 is a little crowded, (although we managed 32 users on
- an 11/45, albeit some of the ports were just printers, etc.)
-
- Depends on operating system, load, what users are doing. 10 editors
- is a lot different from 10 people doing compiles and TKBs.
-
- >Also, where might be a place where I can get a
- >network board (ethernet)? How much? How much for a 100 meg hard
- >disk? How much are dumb terminals going for? Thanks for the help
- >.... Please email replies...
-
- The answer to all the above is scrounge, scrounge, scrounge.
- There should be a lot of stuff going at .edu sites. Also look
- for someone who has a copy of "The Processor", a mag listing many
- used dealers.
-
- >"Anything less [than a NeXT] would be uncivilized..."
-
- As far as a NeXT is concerned, max memory is not enough for most
- applications, and a 100 meg hard drive will fill up in 2 days.
-
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