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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!portal.ca!portal.ca!not-for-mail From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Exists a BSD release running on 286 SCSI computers? Date: 23 Dec 1995 18:45:24 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4bies4$5ch@cynic.portal.ca> References: <4bej13$70e@pinon.ccu.uniovi.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca In article <4bej13$70e@pinon.ccu.uniovi.es>, Igor Sobrado Delgado <fis2495@pinon.ccu.uniovi.es> wrote: >I want an Unix implementation to work on my 286 based computer with SCSI >hard disk drive... I suppose I want a really old version of BSD Unix. I don't believe there was ever a version of BSD Unix running on a 286. Your best option by far is to upgrade to a 386. You should be able to get a 386/20 motherboard or something similar very cheaply, and that will let you run FreeBSD or NetBSD adequately, if not brilliantly. (I've got NetBSD running on a 386SX20 with 8MB of RAM here, and it's not comfortable, but it's usable.) If you must stick with the 286, I recommend SCO Xenix 286 above any of the other options (Coherent, Minix, etc.). It's a pretty solid system that will even run some of the modern, larger applications (rn, perl, etc.). I ran a 2MB 286/12 machine for a couple of years under it quite happily. It performs reasonable well, too; this was released in the days before code bloat really started to hit. :-) cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.