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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:9052 comp.os.linux:35744 comp.os.minix:21928 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1931 comp.os.misc:2179 Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx!jmaynard From: jmaynard@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Maynard) Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286 Message-ID: <1993Apr22.180719.21683@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University of Denver for the Denver community. The University has neither control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users. Sender: usenet@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (netnews admin account) Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept. References: <C5psFF.Jrp@unix.amherst.edu> <9304203477@drktowr.chi.il.us> <groot.735474426@baukje.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 93 18:07:19 GMT Lines: 19 In article <groot.735474426@baukje.idca.tds.philips.nl> groot@idca.tds.philips.nl (Henk de Groot) writes: >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. Actually, Microport System V/AT (real SVr2 for the 286) was only limited in that an individual data object could not be larger than 64K; neither code, nor the aggregate of all data, was limited at all. If you can find a copy of version 2.3, it might even be stable enough for you. Porting the usual bunch of Unix freeware to it will be a challenge, though, due to the number of VAXocentric programmers out there... -- Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity. "If OS/2 is dead, then there are an awful lot of vocal ghosts calling us on the phone." -- Katy Ansardi of Indelible Blue (an OS/2 exclusively store)