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Xref: sserve comp.os.coherent:9042 comp.os.linux:35657 comp.os.minix:21917 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1907 comp.os.misc:2176 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!think.com!trystro!rick From: rick@trystro.uucp (Richard Nickle) Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286 Message-ID: <C5wHpD.I3o@trystro.uucp> Organization: The Trystro System (617) 625-7155 v.32/v.42bis References: <1993Apr15.224745.9378@nwnexus.WA.COM> <1993Apr20.153834.8186@vedge.com> <1993Apr21.100704.23818@siemens.co.at> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 19:48:47 GMT Lines: 42 In article <1993Apr21.100704.23818@siemens.co.at> pse5327@siemens.co.at (Abolghassem Salahi) writes: >hendrik@vedge.com (Hendrik Boom) writes: > >>sable@halcyon.com (Scott Philip Sable) writes: >>: I am in desperate need of any and all help!!! I am currently trying to >>: find a Unix OS for an Intel 286 machine. I have tried a number of > >>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? > >Not sure if if works on a 286, but it works in an 8088: Venix 2.0. It is >very old, had no TCP/IP support, no manual pages, but it had a compiler and >/bin and /usr/bin were pretty full. I had a second terminal (an old BBC >running kermit :-) attached fine , but configuring the devices for a modem >proved too much, though looking at the device names I would say it is possible. > >If you want more information then ask. I did see an advert for Venix in Byte >a couple of years ago. I *think* the firm was 'Venturcom.' Yeah. Someone gave me manuals for this beast. I don't have the software. It looks quite a bit like Coherent 3.0 in what it comes with. 64k segments for memory, and pretty much the V7 toolkits. I think it actually had a few things Coherent 3.0 didn't (but, this was circa 1984). The address on the manuals: VenturCom Inc., 215 First Street, Cambridge MA 02142 (617) 661-1230 I believe they are still around, making embedded real-time kernels. But I'm not sure. Minix runs on an 8088, doesn't it? >Alexis -- richard nickle rick@trystro.uucp 617-625-7155 v.32/v.42bis think!trystro!rick somerville massachusetts