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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:8922 comp.os.linux:34867 comp.os.minix:21826 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1733 comp.os.misc:2129 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!caen!scottl From: scottl@engin.umich.edu (scott allen long) Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286 Date: 19 Apr 1993 05:53:40 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor Lines: 39 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1qtep4INNmn7@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> References: <1qkvai$d3g@agate.berkeley.edu> <930418929@fcshome.UUCP> <C5psFF.Jrp@unix.amherst.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: mlb.engin.umich.edu In article <C5psFF.Jrp@unix.amherst.edu> twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes: >In article <930418929@fcshome.UUCP> fredex@fcshome.UUCP (fred smith) writes: > >>Linux is 386-specific, unfortunately. > >Frankly, I think the proper "unfortunate" fact is that 386 machines >are still out of the financial grasp of many people (most notably >students, who also generally seem to be the most enthused about PC >Unices). I don't find it unfortunate that Linux doesn't run on a 286 >any more than I find it unfortunate that it doesn't run on a 4004. > A 386sx is a drop in the bucket these days. Even a full fledged dx cpu is a commodity. If you're willing to spend the time to look in a magazine like Computer Shopper and maybe assemble systems yourself, a PC can be very cheap. 386DX-33 motherboard w/CPU ~$210 4 megs ram ~$135 Case and power supply ~$80 Floppy drive ~$40 VGA card ~$70 Mono VGA monitor (all you really need) ~$150 2400 baud modem ~$40 100 meg hard drive ~$225 Multi I/O card ~$15 Total: $965 You can also salvage many of these parts (vga card, floppy drive, case). Granted, this is a minimum system, but it is very usuable. I've seen postings about people running 386bsd on a 20MHz 386sx (price: ~$150). -sl >-- >____ Tim Pierce / ?Usted es la de la tele, eh? !La madre >\ / twpierce@unix.amherst.edu / del asesino! !Ay, que graciosa! > \/ (BITnet: TWPIERCE@AMHERST) / -- Pedro Almodovar