From: Eli Brandt <ebrandt@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 93 10:42:31 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: msdos perl
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> The executeable in the file you refer to can also be ftp'd from
> tandem.com, it's source site, in the directory /pub/perl. To quote
> the README file for that directory:

> The port makes use of Borland's VROOM technology and pretty much *requires*
> access to extended memory.  There is approx. 300+ Kbytes of memory available
>           ^^^^^^^^
(emphasis not mine)

Which means a 286, not a 386.  If there are a lot of people out there on
8086 machines, sorry.  People with that particular problem are going to
have a hard time running most modern software, let alone Unix ports.

> This version of Perl has been tested on both 286 and 386 machines with
> and without extended memory.

> CrysRides

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