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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!nntp.uac.net!news.tufts.edu!blanket.mitre.org!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!tandem!pacbell.com!pixar!williams From: williams@pixar.com (James Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: xxxBSD on older 386 machines ? Date: 20 May 1996 20:26:09 GMT Organization: Pixar Animation Studios Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4nqkh1$7em@pixar.com> References: <4neo82$2c6@bullet.oh.sub.org> <4nirtl$76a@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: buzz.pixar.com berni@bullet.rhein-neckar.de (Berni Ernst) wrote: > I wanna run an Unix System on an old Compaq Porty Machine. > This is a 386/25 with only 4 megs of ram and a small 40 MB > Harddisk. > The machine doesn't offer any expansion slots, so networking > seems to be impossible ( or will a parallel adapter work ?). > can anybody recommend an operating system for this machine? > > the Compaq is only for use in the garden or on the veranda and > write some text and a little bit for simple c-programming. Given the small amount of RAM and the tiny hard disk, I'd suggest you look into Minix. Either the 386 or 8086 version ought to run fine on your box. The newest versions (1.7.x) are free. Check out http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html Jim -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Williams Pixar Animation Studios williams@pixar.com Richmond, CA