Warp wrote:
>   There's no such a thing as "*the* linux boot partition" with regard to
> size. You can create a bootable linux partition (with the latest kernel
> and many utility programs) which fits on a floppy disk, so that you can
> boot with it.

Whatever. Fine.  "*My* Linux boot partition."  Happy? Sheesh.

A *floppy* is still more space than most mainframes had available in RAM 
30 years ago.

>   I believe you are old and academic enough to have used VT terminals.
> I'm not sure which one I would prefer, an old desktop computer or a
> dumb VT terminal... :P

Well, there is that. :-) Of course, the hard-copy terminals were handy, 
given we were using a mainframe with a file system sophisticated enough 
you could edit a file you'd printed out and still be able to edit it 
again later without a lot of hassle. (E.g., you didn't get whole new 
line numbers in your compiler errors because you added a bit of code 
near the top.)

I do remember appreciating that the only way to edit on the glass ttys 
was to use the 1200 baud connection in the sys admin's office.

> The Internet was still a new thing that practically nobody had. Ah, the
> memories.)

I don't think there was even internet access around until after I 
graduated. It certainly wasn't cheap enough that a school as small as 
mine was going to pay for it. Wasn't until grad school I got that. Altho 
I did hang out on compuserve for a bit.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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