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From: pmh@pilhuhn.de (Patrick M.Hausen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 11 Dec 1995 01:14:08 +0100
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tzs@coho.halcyon.com (Tim Smith) writes:

>Chris <gt1355b@acmey.gatech.edu> wrote:
>>The best that I know of that you can do with a 286 is minix.  Or else get linux

>Genuine AT&T System V Release 3 was ported to the 286 by Interactive, and a
>few escaped out to beta sites before AT&T came to their senses and killed
>the project.  I wouldn't be surprised if one or two are lurking around the
>back of some surplus store somewhere.

And then there was Xenix 286, too.

Cheers, Paddy
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