[Coco] Minimum system requirements for NitrOS9

Richard E Crislip rcrislip at neo.rr.com
Sun Feb 22 15:28:22 EST 2015


On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:34:15 +0100
Tormod Volden <lists.tormod at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Bruce W. Calkins wrote:
> > OS-9 Level 1 requires a 64k machine.  I would assume from there
> > that the NitrOS9 fork does too.
> > Bruce W.
> > ===================
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Grubbs"
> >
> >> I can probably guess the answer but I figured I should
> >> ask the experts anyway. Will NitrOS9 Level I run on
> >> a 16K machine? I looked at the docs but didn't see any
> >> system prerequisites.
> 
> NitrOS-9 needs almost 32K RAM to boot from disk/drivewire. If modules
> can reside in ROM it would require less but I think 16K is not
> possible. With 32K RAM there is so little RAM left after booting that
> you can't do much useful, unless you make a stripped down system for
> some specialized use.
> 
> Tormod
> 

That was my thoughts concerning NitOS9L1. It's like a grand daddy long
legs with its legs removed, it's alive, but it's not going anywhere.
I was a cruel kid 8-).


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