[kwlug-disc] UNIX in 1982

[Chris Frey]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 06:55:41PM -0400, John Van Ostrand wrote:
> It all ran on a 486 33MHz system that probably had an 80 MB hard disk
> and a couple MB of RAM.

When I look at where we were back then, and where we are now,
I wonder where we went so wrong.  I have to work at fitting my
workloads into 4G of RAM today!

At Conestoga College, they ran multiple HP graphical X workstation
terminals off a shared 486 server.  My memory says there were at
least 4 giant X terminals in the lab... maybe even 6 or more.

Almost makes me want to spin up a classic kernel like 1.0.9 or 1.2.13
in a VM.

- Chris