Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CSV.RPI.EDU!schoff From: schoff@CSV.RPI.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Need information on NFS Message-ID: <8612211107.AA22574@csv.rpi.edu> Date: Sun, 21-Dec-86 06:07:12 EST Article-I.D.: csv.8612211107.AA22574 Posted: Sun Dec 21 06:07:12 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Dec-86 14:35:52 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 13 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa >I really question whether RPC can be considered OS independent. It is way >too big for microcomputers. An acquaintance involved with NFS (who has >never worked for Sun) gave me an estimate recently that a client side alone >would take 100K of machine code on a Mac. Sorry, The department of Computer Science at RPI's initial version of SUN RPC's (which included UDP/IP and a device driver) all fit in less than 64k. Besides its seems pretty hard to buy a machine with less than 512k these days (except maybe a CoCo). Martin Schoffstall