modern serial terminal

[Sridhar Ayengar]

> On 7 Nov 2007 at 10:21, ajones wrote:
>> There was never a version of Linux, or UNIX in general, less bloated 
>> than Windows 95.  Windows 95 will very comfortably get you TCP/IP, 
>> protected memory, preemptive multitasking[1], and a graphical desktop on 
>> a 486 SX with 8M of RAM.  Linux 2.0 with XF86 3.x was a carnival of 
>> swapping on that configuration.  Solaris x86 wouldn't even boot.

You have to be very careful saying things like "never".  I've had 
TCP/IP, protected memory and preemptive multitasking on UNIX on machines 
quite a bit smaller than 8MB.  Including an X GUI.

I've had those features on machines way smaller than 8MB on non-UNIX 
machines.

Peace...  Sridhar