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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] An old laptop
From: Richard Miller <miller@hamnavoe.demon.co.uk>
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:02:35 +0100
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rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com:
> ... The
> graphics for 640x480x8 are already 300 kilobytes,
> probably 600 once you have some windows.

I ran (and did useful work on) 2nd edition Plan 9 on a 486 with 4MB.
Used 640x480x1 to save bitmap space (the screen was monochrome anyway),
but that option doesn't seem so well supported in 3rd edition.

-- Richard