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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:53:05 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] apparently nice summary of small linux pcs
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> Actually I've toyed with the idea of a "Plan 9 from 8-bit space". It
> would be a fun challenge, I think, and I'd be interested to find
> exactly what compromises would be needed. It may even be less of a
> challenge than writing drivers for the crap peripherals ARM SOCs always
> seem to be burdened with, but what could you do with it when it was
> done?

you don't want plan 9 on an 8 bit machine.

- erik