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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:9009 comp.os.linux:35436 comp.os.minix:21893 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1852 comp.os.misc:2159 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!caen!scottl From: scottl@engin.umich.edu (scott allen long) 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 08:07:16 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor Lines: 25 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1r5jnkINNi7h@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> References: <1993Apr20.153834.8186@vedge.com> <9304213318@erato.iowa-city.ia.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: ugli.engin.umich.edu In article <9304213318@erato.iowa-city.ia.us> jdb@erato.iowa-city.ia.us (John D. Boggs) writes: >From article <1993Apr20.153834.8186@vedge.com>, by hendrik@vedge.com (Hendrik Boom): >> 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. I have tried a number of >> >> While we are on the topic of old machines, I have an old 640K 8088-based >> PC clone -- no hard disk even, and one can't be added -- THis is OLD -- >> Does anyone know a Unix that will run on it? >> > >Hey, I've got one of those Sharp scientific calculators (the EL-5813). >It says it's programmable, is there a Unix that'll run on it? > >-John D. Boggs jdb@erato.iowa-city.ia.us > or ...!access1!erato!jdb Just think of the possibilities here! Someday, your stereo might be able to multitask. Your toaster could have a 38,400 bps PPP link. Maybe even pocket calculators will have multiple terminals! btw, I have an old Texas Instruments 99/4A computer (it was a glorified Speak and Spell, remember?). Maybe I can port Unix and X to that...... -sl