From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 4231 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2023 22:15:49 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Aug 2023 22:15:49 -0000 Received: from mx1.mythic-beasts.com ([46.235.224.141]) by 9front; Tue Aug 1 18:10:32 -0400 2023 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=quintile.net; s=mythic-beasts-k1; h=To:Date:Subject:From; bh=cOP8B0K5gPA1C2sBtLK1FEO+Xw+9FU9xte3Djvoy3EQ=; b=VnDWASJzwLhnbChas73Qua3XXa r2Ho1sqKgCOo86IHvFws7JArGiHkrbK4kFpBM1oQNwXAzWbP1EvNi55LTek8Tt1X+1c2WYm/rFGXk y1WWXkzKuvxSCyVabf5lJyEwjOK/s9ihHK5tWVINaMxJg4GrjPSJTHnCk3Ta+GCuvpIrPEbIYcuZN smOIMQ6+408xLft3rFxbR6kVc0UDf7+1Y4B2NWXdRcqE6x0wRcNNhdc5icWW4kkkHGxzh3pRSsJ6f UnkWJYK+LO8wPGhXQLU1DrGXI8yLy0MXUlESPy3DUtJ7IkmT7aYmSr/JqJuQR03qV/Ggt18fPjKXQ tbg0iIsQ==; Received: by mailhub-cam-d.mythic-beasts.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qQxZW-00ACPb-FN for 9front@9front.org; Tue, 01 Aug 2023 23:10:30 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Steve Simon Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 23:10:18 +0100 Message-Id: <3B0F03E4-CA4E-4589-8C47-561AAB8670A9@quintile.net> References: In-Reply-To: To: 9front@9front.org X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (20F75) X-BlackCat-Spam-Score: 4 List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: wrapper general-purpose locator Subject: Re: [9front] Kill, kill, slay: banish sed, long live awk: Now historic plan9 Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk i certainly ran plan9 on 386s in the beginning, i cannot be sure if you coul= d rebuild the system on a 386 but i think so. the 386 linker used its own allocator (maybe still does) which is fast but g= reedy, i remember tweaking it to used malloc so i could link a kernel on a s= mall RAM system, though i have forgotten how small. the biggest pain in those days was finding a supported VGA card. -Steve > On 1 Aug 2023, at 6:38 am, mkf9 wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFSteve Simon wrote: >> i have a distant memory that awk was one of the few bits of plan9 that di= d not work on a 386 without a 387. >=20 > did it ever built/booted in literal 386? > wow.