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From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 00:48:33 GMT
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References: <C5psFF.Jrp@unix.amherst.edu> <9304203477@drktowr.chi.il.us> <groot.735474426@baukje.idca.tds.philips.nl>
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In article <groot.735474426@baukje.idca.tds.philips.nl> groot@idca.tds.philips.nl (Henk de Groot) writes:
> Minix 1.5 will run fine as a UNIX system on a 286. Of course there is an
> 64K+64K limit, but that's because its a 286.

No, that's because it's an 8086. Minix doesn't use protected mode.

We routinely run multimegabyte executables on our Xenix-286 boxes.
-- 
Peter da Silva.  <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
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