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From: jbazyd@ire.pw.edu.pl (Jaroslaw Bazydlo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: BSD for 286 ?
Date: 17 May 1995 07:57:07 GMT
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Joe Heitz (Johannes.Heitz@durham.ac.uk) wrote:
: Sorry if this is FAQ stuff but it`s urgent.
: Is there a version of BSD for 286 PCs? With TCP/IP?
: Answers and/or pointers welcome, thanks
: Joe
Hmmm I don't think 286 is worth UNIXing or networking but in our University
there were a special project two years ago. Some people were working on
MINIX and tcp/io networking. It even worked, i did manage to telnet to MINIX
host but ... it was just a joke. MINIX has innormal C compiler and linker
so you won't compile needed deamons and utils. Try comp.os.coherent or
upgrade your system upto i386sx and install real UNIX: FreeBSD for instance.
Here in Poland the main borad i386sx 40Mhz with no RAM costs about 40USD.
Greetings
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