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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:9183 comp.os.linux:36903 comp.os.minix:22060 comp.os.386bsd.questions:2129 comp.os.misc:2205 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!csus.edu!csulb.edu!nic.csu.net!nermal!dane Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286 Message-ID: <1993May1.111644.5116@nic.csu.net> From: dane@nermal.santarosa.edu (Dane Jasper) Date: 1 May 93 11:16:44 PDT Followup-To: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc References: <9304213318@erato.iowa-city.ia.us> Distribution: world Organization: Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA Nntp-Posting-Host: nermal.santarosa.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] Lines: 21 John D. Boggs (jdb@erato.iowa-city.ia.us) wrote: : 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? That's nothing - I've got an HP48sx that supports up to 1M of ram - how about that? (after all, I have a term program for it, X, Y and Zmodem, and Kermit is built in.) Neat thing is, it has a four-wire serial port (not to mention infra-red) so I could put a modem or terminals on it. The first dialup calculator! =) Dane