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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:452 comp.os.386bsd.misc:725 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!eddie.mit.edu!fenchurch!shawn From: shawn@fenchurch.mit.edu (Shawn F. Mckay) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc,alt.os.bsdi Subject: Re: Why would I want LINUX? Date: 21 Aug 1993 14:34:32 GMT Organization: M.I.T. EE/CS Dept, Mail/News Gateway Lines: 11 Message-ID: <255bpo$6ht@eddie.mit.edu> References: <1993Aug19.120938.5462@janix.pcs.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fenchurch.mit.edu Thats just not true, Linux makes no effort to run on a 286. If I have to have a 386 to run, I'll have little trouble choosing. And IDE drives are CHEAP and plentiful. - Shawn