Ken Barber wrote: > > On Dec 16, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:01 AM, ./aal <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> I still have my ZX81 that I built in 1981, although it runs neither >> Linux, OSX, or the other "stuff" >> I do still have a soft spot for Zilog tho ;^) >> >> >> Modernistic Memory Hog!!! I ran a ZX80 (1k RAM vs 4k RAM)... Either >> way, I have yet to see any "modern" OS that could even hope of running >> in that small a memory footprint. > > Uh... you ARE aware that the ZX81 didn't have an OS, aren't you? Just > BASIC in a ROM, nothing more. >
Well, since it did handle talking to the hardware, it was effectively a (very primitive) operating system. -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
