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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:8994 comp.os.linux:35327 comp.os.minix:21881 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1823 comp.os.misc:2152 Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux,comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pipex!uknet!cf-cm!cybaswan!iiitac From: iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286 Message-ID: <1993Apr21.165928.26970@swan.pyr> Organization: Swansea University College References: <1993Apr15.224745.9378@nwnexus.WA.COM> <1993Apr20.153834.8186@vedge.com> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:59:28 GMT Lines: 15 In article <1993Apr20.153834.8186@vedge.com> hendrik@vedge.com (Hendrik Boom) writes: > >While we are on the topic of old machines, I have an old 640K 8088-based >PC clone -- no hard disk even, and one can't be added -- THis is OLD -- >Does anyone know a Unix that will run on it? > The older versions of minix (certainly 1.3) would run bearably on a 640K PC with a pair of 1.2Mb floppy disks. Not pleasant but usable by the masochist. Alan