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From: newbury@tecsun1.tec.army.mil (George Newbury)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286
Message-ID: <1994@tecsun1.tec.army.mil>
Date: 19 Apr 93 15:21:13 GMT
References: <1993Apr15.224745.9378@nwnexus.WA.COM>
Followup-To: comp.os.coherent
Organization: U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center, Ft. Belvoir, VA.
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sable@halcyon.com (Scott Philip Sable) writes:


>  I am in desperate need of any and all help!!! I am currently trying to
>  find a Unix OS for an Intel 286 machine. 
	In the Washington Post Business section today there is advertised
a 386SX40 motherboard for $99.00.  If one added memory at $33.00/Mb one
could have a Linux compatible system for about $250.00, by using the parts
from the 286 system.