On Sat, 15 Jun 1996, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On June 15, you wrote:
> > Is there anybody else in this list interested on NetBSD for VS2000?
> 
>   YES!!!
> 
> > I think VS2000 has not enough power to hold a multiuser operating system, 
> > with only 4Meg of RAM and a 70Meg hard disk.
> 
>   So put more memory and a bigger disk in it.  And about processing
> power...How many NetBSD/i386 people are running on 386DX/16 or 386SX
> machines?  Quite a few.  They're about the same speed.
> 
> > Yes, It would be nice to say "NetBSD runs on every VAX".
> 
>   It'd also be nice to pick up a VS2000 at a hamfest for fifty bucks
> and turn it into a light-duty, lunchbox-sized web server with NetBSD.
> 
> 
>                                  -Dave McGuire
>                                   mcguire@digex.net
> 
	I was running NetBSD on a 386 DX 16 w/ 5 MB RAM & 170/120 MB HDD's
and it worked fairly well. It never crashed and tolerated 'illegally'
formatted IDE drives without halting when I had MS-DOG on it. 

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