Re:Show HN: ExDOS 64-bit version source code release
by nekopa on Sunday April 03, 2016 @12:28AM
(#11414924)
In all fairness, I think tiny in this case refers to the fact that the OS is only 200kb. From the openBSD install guide:
OpenBSD can be installed in as little as 512MB, but using that small of a device is something for advanced users.
Re:Show HN: ExDOS 64-bit version source code release
by groovy2shoes on Sunday April 03, 2016 @03:40AM
(#11415310)
It might say that, but to be honest I had no difficulties installing on my box with 32 MB RAM. I didn't even have to do anything special; I just followed the normal installation procedure. It's not blazing fast by any means, but it does boot and it does work :)
Re:Show HN: ExDOS 64-bit version source code release
by nekopa on Monday April 04, 2016 @03:07PM
(#11424478)
Disk size, not RAM. How large a hard drive are you using?
Re:Show HN: ExDOS 64-bit version source code release
by groovy2shoes on Monday April 04, 2016 @03:20PM
(#11424584)
Ah. The HDD has 4 GB. This thing was top-of-the-line back in '98 when it was purchased ;)
Re:Show HN: ExDOS 64-bit version source code release
by astrodust on Saturday April 02, 2016 @10:14PM
(#11414608)
Classic DOS barely took up kilobytes of memory. I think that qualifies as "tiny". Megabytes is downright bloated by comparison.
Considering this is written in assembly, what is all that memory used for?
Re:Show HN: ExDOS 64-bit version source code release
by yincrash on Saturday April 02, 2016 @11:38PM
(#11414813)
Well, for one thing, it's a graphical OS.
Re:Show HN: ExDOS 64-bit version source code release
by groovy2shoes on Sunday April 03, 2016 @11:59AM
(#11416536)
What does that have to do with anything? Windows 3.1 had a minimum RAM requirement of 1 MB. The base model of the Apple Lisa 2, which featured a graphical OS, had 512 KB of RAM. It's possible to have graphics without requiring so much RAM.
One thing, though:
> tiny
> RAM: 64 MB required, 192 MB recommended.
That doesn't seem particularly tiny to me. I have an old Pentium II box with 32 MB of RAM that runs the latest release of OpenBSD with X, and I don't consider OpenBSD particularly tiny, either.
At risk of sounding like a crotchety old man, these are sad times to be living in when 64 MB is considered tiny.