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Date:      Fri, 23 Aug 1996 15:38:58 +1000 (EST)
From:      Carl Makin <cmakin@nla.gov.au>
To:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Curio
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960823153512.19774C-100000@gadget.nla.gov.au>
In-Reply-To: <199608230430.OAA24521@orion.devetir.qld.gov.au>

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Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk> writes:

> Hmm, I remember when it used to take 1/2 hour and I was so impressed
> that my 486 with 16Mb was so fast, I bet the kernel was much smaller
> in those days too.

I can remember FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 taking in excess of 6 hours to do a kernel
build on a 386sx16 with 8mb RAM (4mb on ISA cards. :-)

Needless to say I didn't run X!

Carl.

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