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From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Drop 32-bit support ... finally.
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On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 03:41:55PM +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
> 
> I think a lot of us working on other free Unixlike OS platforms have
> reached a similar conclusion. It's a natural segmentation. The final
> commit should include the following helpful table
> 
> 
> 	Bits		Free Unixlike OS
>         ---------------------------------
> 	8bit		FUZIX
> 	16bit		ELKS
> 	32bit		NetBSD/FreeBSD
> 	64bit		Linux
> 
> (For 18 and 36bit consult a specialist.. probably a medical one)

Hey!  My father still has a PDP-15/30, complete with core memory, 4
DECtape units, and a high speed punched paper tape reader, all in
a really tiny footprint of 4 full-height 19 inch racks, in his house.
It hasn't been turned on in over a decade, but doesn't deserve a Free
Unixlike OS of its own?  :-)

					- Ted
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