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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:8971 comp.os.linux:35205 comp.os.minix:21863 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1793 comp.os.misc:2144 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat.org!tiny!sjsobol From: sjsobol@tiny.com (Steven J Sobol) Followup-To: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Distribution: world Subject: Unix CAN be used on a minimal system! (Re: Unix OS for 286) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] References: <1qtep4INNmn7@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> Message-ID: <930419394@tiny.com> Organization: The Tiny Software Co. Cleveland, OH USA Date: Mon, 19 Apr 93 19:44:31 EDT Lines: 24 scott allen long (scottl@engin.umich.edu) wrote: : In article <C5psFF.Jrp@unix.amherst.edu> twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes: : >In article <930418929@fcshome.UUCP> fredex@fcshome.UUCP (fred smith) writes: : > : >>Linux is 386-specific, unfortunately. : > : >Frankly, I think the proper "unfortunate" fact is that 386 machines : >are still out of the financial grasp of many people (most notably : A 386sx is a drop in the bucket these days. Even a full fledged dx cpu is a (etc, etc) : Granted, this is a minimum system, but it is very usuable. I've seen postings : about people running 386bsd on a 20MHz 386sx (price: ~$150). I use Coherent 4.0, the 32-bit 386-specific version, on a 16-mhz 386-SX. It has 2 MB of RAM, and the 45 MB hard drive is divided evenly down the middle. 22.5 MB for DOS/Windows3.1 (which I can run just fine, thank you), and 22.5 for Coherent. Obviously, I'm not running gcc or X11R5 on my computer, but I can use Coherent very well... -S. -- steven j. sobol, head honcho, The Tiny Software Co. sjsobol@tiny.com Disclaimer: I own TSC's opinions. :) APK Public Access Internet: telnet to ! Drown the soul, and through the eyes wariat.org or call 216-481-9436 ! you'll see the future so cold & (2400 baud) or 481-1960 (9600 and up) ! lonely (House of Love)