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From: fredex@fcshome.UUCP (fred smith)
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Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286
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Date: 18 Apr 93 20:47:38 GMT
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Garrett D'Amore (garrett@garnet.berkeley.edu) wrote:

: Get yourself a copy of Coherent.  It's sold by Mark Williams Company, and
: comes in two flavors, v4.0 and v3.2.  You won't be able to use v3.2 -- 
: becuase it requires a 386, but v4.0 should work.

This is good advice--just one problem...it's   W R O N G.

Coherent version 4.x and (potentially) higher require a 386, minimum.
For a 286 you could use 3.2.1 or earlier.

Except for that little problem, though, it's good advice.

Also, you might be able to find an old copy of Xenix/286 floating
around somewhere which should also work for you. I doubt if SCO still
sells it, though.

Linux is 386-specific, unfortunately.

Fred