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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!ames!cronkite.cisco.com!cisco.com!vandys From: vandys@cisco.com (Andrew Valencia) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a '286? Followup-To: alt.folklore.computers Date: 13 Feb 94 15:56:05 GMT Organization: cisco Systems Lines: 21 Message-ID: <vandys.761154965@cisco.com> References: <bdm3.761099508@isis.msstate.edu> <1994Feb13.070255.1474@emba.uvm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: glare.cisco.com In <1994Feb13.070255.1474@emba.uvm.edu> wollman@bajoran.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman) writes: >In article <bdm3.761099508@isis.msstate.edu>, >Dewayne McNair <bdm3@Ra.MsState.Edu> wrote: >>Hi. Just wondering if FreeBSD would work on a '286? I know, >>I know :) Don't laugh...... >Not a chance. >Only 32-bit CPUs with working memory management need apply. Well, true enough for FreeBSD. But there *was* a port of 4.3-tahoe to the 286--it was called BSD/AT. It had the filesystem, scheduling, job control, etc. I think I was the last person hacking on it; when I turned off the lights I had just allowed it to use more than 64K of RAM for the buffer cache. Because it was based on encumbered source, I (1) can't give you a copy, and (2) don't work at a source licensed shop any more, so don't have a copy myself. Oh, and (3) it was pretty ugly anyway. :-) Follow ups to alt.folklore.computers. Andy Valencia