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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!maui.cc.odu.edu!news From: Ragnar <bowden@cs.odu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 12:51:39 -0500 (EST) Organization: Old Dominion University Lines: 18 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.951213124855.4492A-100000@hurricane.cs.odu.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <49osrd$ptg@times.tfs.com> <MICHAELV.95Dec6212804@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <4a80q5$2e@catapult.gatech.edu> <4afini$1a8@news1.halcyon.com> <4aft4g$qrl@pilhuhn.pilhuhn.de> <MICHAELV.95Dec11222142@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hurricane.cs.odu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <MICHAELV.95Dec11222142@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:30522 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10585 comp.unix.advocacy:12254 comp.unix.misc:20128 On 12 Dec 1995, Michael L. VanLoon wrote: > real thing even worse. Coherent ran on a 286, also. You could run a > stripped-down version of vi, and a really simple compiler. > > However, I suspect he wanted something you could actually do something > useful on. > > Forget it on a 286. Well, it will still run 6+ year old games okay. It's the only machine I have that will run deathtrack at a playable speed. I would have liked to have put some sort of UN*X flavor on it, but I guess I will just keep DOS there. Jamie I spent yesterday thinking about the tomorrow that is today.