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Re: OS-8

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From: Charles Lasner
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 01:48
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In article <1992Oct7.185551.8168@pony.Ingres.COM> kerry@Ingres.COM (Kerry Kurasaki) writes:
>How many other operating systems do you know where the resident portion
>was only 256 12-bit words?

But P?S/8' resident portion is only 128 12-bit words for a functional system
and 35 words for reloading the system while it is swapped out.  This is
because paper-tape loaders occupy the other 93 words of the same 128 words.

cjl
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From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Subject: Re: OS-8
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