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From: dan@rna.UUCP
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Subject: Re: How big is VMS?
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 14:27:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 14 14:27:00 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.

	I'm glad to hear VMS can be compressed like that. It is quite possible
(I've done it) to run a minimal UNIX system capable of mounting, copying,
and other file utilities in a single 500block (1/4Mb) floppy (including swap).
A reasonably function system can be placed on two such floppies, which in
addition to the standard utilities, could include a few applications and
space for application data files.