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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:9007 comp.os.linux:35422 comp.os.minix:21891 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1846 comp.os.misc:2158 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!dtix.dt.navy.mil!ivy!fisher From: fisher@ivy.dt.navy.mil (Steven Fisher) Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286 Date: 22 Apr 1993 14:29:34 GMT Organization: Disorganization Lines: 37 Message-ID: <1r6a4eINNk5h@dtix.dt.navy.mil> References: <C5psFF.Jrp@unix.amherst.edu> <9304203477@drktowr.chi.il.us> <groot.735474426@baukje.idca.tds.philips.nl> Reply-To: fisher@dt.navy.mil NNTP-Posting-Host: ivy.dt.navy.mil In article <groot.735474426@baukje.idca.tds.philips.nl> groot@idca.tds.philips.nl (Henk de Groot) writes: |>In <9304203477@drktowr.chi.il.us> magus@drktowr.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) writes: |>>Tim Pierce (twpierce@unix.amherst.edu) wrote: |>>: Frankly, I think the proper "unfortunate" fact is that 386 machines |>>Not really anymore. If you have a 286, then you have all the hardware |>>except for the motherboard. You can get a 386/40 motherb 3 blocks from my house |> |>FLAME ON |>I don't understand this. The guy asked for a 286 unix and all I read is how |>to upgrade to a 386. That was not the question! |> |>I'm sick and tired of this, every time someone asks a question regarding old |>hardware immediately people start saying 'its old, upgrade!' Maybe the guy |>already has 3 486 66Mhz PC's and a Pentium but just wants to make use of his |>old 286, or maybe a 286 is just enough for him (like it is for me). Please, |>if the guy wanted to upgrade he would have asked a different question I'm |>sure! Maybe he didn't realize that he could upgrade his hardware and use a free unix for the cost of a commercial unix. |>Also questions about upgrading PC's don't belong in the '.os.' |>groups! |>FLAME OFF |> |>To answer the question: |> |>Minix 1.5 will run fine as a UNIX system on a 286. Of course there is an |>64K+64K limit, but that's because its a 286. As far as I know every 286 Unix |>has this problem. I own Minix 1.5 and I'm happy with it. Only if you need |>large programs to run you have a problem but since you asked for a 286 Unix |>I think you were aware of it's limitation. But don't forget, Minix costs more than a new 386sx motherboard. And if he decides that unix is not for him, at least he has a 386 now. -steve