On May 13, 5:25pm in "Re: HARD DRIVE FOR SAM", you warbled:
] On Fri, 13 May 1994 16:07:23 +0100, Geoff Winkless said:
] > I really would hate to type in all of the minix source... do you get it on
] > disk?
]
] I believe so, but you have to order it.
]
] > I think that if you're going to have a unix system you _have_ to have a
decent
] > compiler. Maybe adapt gcc so it produces code output that's Hyperstone
] > compatible or something, then just compile gcc with itself...
]
] What I'd like is a Sam version of gcc...
]
] imc
Not worth it. Two reasons:
1. Size. gcc is too big to fit into 3.5Meg, let alone .5... You need a
decent-size hard drive.
2. Speed. Floating point library anyone?
Geoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- INET)
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