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RAM requirements of Emacs
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Mar 15, 20263741 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I've inherited an antique computer with 64MB of RAM. I'd like to install emacs, but only if it will run. The emacs manual doesn't seem to have any system requirements listed. In fact, general searching only turned up the original's then extravagant 1MB RAM requirement and the joke that emacs stands…
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You should be good to go as long as you don't go overboard with the plugins and all that. Also, you should note that 'back in the day' the joke was "Eight Megabytes and Constantly Swapping" so once again you should be fine. Just for reference, I ope…
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