On Tue, 4 Aug 1998 12:26:08 -0500 
 "Michael G. Schabert" <mikeride@prez.buf.servtech.com> wrote:

 > While I agree that 16 MB isn't enough to run an active un*x on, it should
 > be able to at least boot, and the requirements aren't very much beyond
 > that. On port-mac68k, I've seen people with 8 MB systems boot fine
 > (although that's a 32-bit system). On my AlphaStation, I just quit all of
 > my memory-hogging applications and Top reports active memory usage at under
 > 6 MB:

An Alpha is not a Macintosh.  The Alpha PROM actually consumes a fair
chunk of memory, and there's not a lot you can do about that.  Also, Alpha
executables are larger, and pointers and longs take twice as much space.
This adds up.

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