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From: tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD on 286
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Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 23:40:25 GMT
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In article <D8F6uu.v45@ns1.nodak.edu> tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely) writes:
>In article <3or8nd$sn2@news.wco.com> knight@wco.com (knight) writes:
>
>>Is there an older version out there maybe, that will run on a 286?
>
>I am sorry. 386/Net/FreeBSD/Linix requires the memory management unit
>and that is not found in 286 computers.

poor taste to reply to your own post, but I was informed I am wrong
when I said that 286 do not have memory management unit. better bad
taste than let an error fly by.

--mark.