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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:9063 comp.os.linux:35837 comp.os.minix:21938 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1956 comp.os.misc:2186 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!menudo.uh.edu!uuneo!sugar!peter From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286 Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900 Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 00:48:33 GMT Message-ID: <C5yq8y.2xH@sugar.neosoft.com> References: <C5psFF.Jrp@unix.amherst.edu> <9304203477@drktowr.chi.il.us> <groot.735474426@baukje.idca.tds.philips.nl> Lines: 12 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. No, that's because it's an 8086. Minix doesn't use protected mode. We routinely run multimegabyte executables on our Xenix-286 boxes. -- Peter da Silva. <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>. `-_-' Har du kramat din varg idag? 'U` My Apple-II has more RAM than my Mac!