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From: kaiser@jaws.DEC (Pete Kaiser  225-5441  HLO2-1/N10)
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Subject: How big is VMS?
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 06:40:20 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 14 06:40:20 1985
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A recent posting to net.unix-wizards mentions UNIX's smallness as one of
its virtues.  For comparison, I know of a functioning MicroVMS system that
occupies a total of 2878 blocks on an RD disk and can be stored as a backup
save set on 4 RX50 floppies.  The person responsible for this calls it
"NanoVMS", and points out that "since it can MOUNT disks, and perform COPY
and BACKUP operations from them, it can grow into a full VMS system without
any omissions."

My thanks to NanoVMS's configurer -- you know who you are, Ed -- and hope for
his forgiving my posting this information without his permission.

---Pete

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