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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:9058 comp.os.linux:35774 comp.os.minix:21934 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1942 comp.os.misc:2184 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!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!dtix.dt.navy.mil!cs.umd.edu!nocusuhs!nmrdc1!rdc30 From: rdc30@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (LCDR Michael E. Dobson) Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286 Message-ID: <C5yDI7.264@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command References: <1993Apr15.224745.9378@nwnexus.WA.COM> <1993Apr20.153834.8186@vedge.com> <1993Apr21.165928.26970@swan.pyr> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 20:13:18 GMT Lines: 17 In article <1993Apr21.165928.26970@swan.pyr> iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) writes: >In article <1993Apr20.153834.8186@vedge.com> hendrik@vedge.com (Hendrik Boom) writes: >> >>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? >> > >The older versions of minix (certainly 1.3) would run bearably on a 640K >PC with a pair of 1.2Mb floppy disks. Not pleasant but usable by the >masochist. > Well, I upgraded from 1.1 to 1.3 on a dual 360K floppy machine. It wasn't until 1.3 that I had the right wini.c to use my 30Meg RLL hard drive. Mike