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From: tzs@coho.halcyon.com (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 10 Dec 1995 21:16:34 GMT
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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.

--Tim Smith