RE: [PATCH] x86: Drop 32-bit support ... finally.

From: Luck, Tony
Date: Wed Apr 01 2015 - 11:46:46 EST


> Hey! My father still has a PDP-15/30, complete with core memory, 4
> DECtape units, and a high speed punched paper tape reader, all in
> a really tiny footprint of 4 full-height 19 inch racks, in his house.
> It hasn't been turned on in over a decade, but doesn't deserve a Free
> Unixlike OS of its own? :-)

It would be greener to write a java emulator to run in a browser on a phone (1e4 less power? 1e5??)
Probably run 100x faster too.

-Tony
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