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- From: johnsond@columbia.dsu.edu (Dan G. Johnson)
- Subject: Re: Wow... This is GREAT!
- Message-ID: <johnsond.1.0@columbia.dsu.edu>
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- Organization: Dakota State University
- References: <1992Oct22.193123.21436@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com> <1992Oct29.205103.13292@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 00:38:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Oct29.205103.13292@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com> scottb@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com (Scott Brewster) writes:
- >From: scottb@sun1x.actc.res.utc.com (Scott Brewster)
- >Subject: Re: Wow... This is GREAT!
- >Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 20:51:03 GMT
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- >shanks@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Mark Shanks) writes:
- >: In article <1c6ngnINNbke@uwm.edu> rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller) writes:
- >: >Oh, the *THRILL* !!
- >: >
- >: >This may not seem like a big deal to most UN*X-users out there, but right
- >: >now I'm running Linux (ver 0.98.1, a free UN*X-clone) on my IBM-PC clone.
- >: >Even as I type this article (using kermit5A to connect to UWM.EDU), my
- >: >feeble little i386/16 with only 2 Mb of RAM is re-compiling its own kernel
- >: >on another virtual console! My poor 40 Mb hard-drive is swapping like mad,
- >: >but you should see the grin on my face!!!
- >: >
- >: >Once all the 'extras' (SCSI drivers, extended file-system, kernel TCP/IP)
- >: >are compiled-out, I'll have a smaller kernel and more RAM... less swapping.
- >: >
- >: >I was just a 'user' until about six months ago, and knew *nothing* about
- >: >getting a UN*X-style system up and running. I *still* don't know much,
- >: >but by gosh... It's running anyway! What more could anyone ask?
- >: >
- >: >It's a POSIX-compliant, multi-user, multi-tasking, networkable OS for FREE!
- >:
- >: OH HAPPY! HAPPY! HAPPY!
- >:
- >: **JOY! JOY! JOY!**
- >:
- >: Don't take much to make some folks giggly.
- >:
- >: Mark Shanks
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- >Mark, wanna buy some rubber nipples?
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- >another R&S fan
- >Scott Brewster
- >scottb%nw8550@utrcgw.utc.com
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