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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.erols.net!peerfeed.internetmci.com!news.uoregon.edu!Symiserver2.symantec.com!news From: tedm@agora.rdrop.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Any type of Intel UNIX to run on a 286? Date: 18 Nov 1996 04:49:58 GMT Organization: Symantec Corp. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <56optm$pak@Symiserver2.symantec.com> References: <01bbd4ce$f0970080$6ae419ce@thekork> Reply-To: tedm@agora.rdrop.com NNTP-Posting-Host: shiva2.central.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 In <01bbd4ce$f0970080$6ae419ce@thekork>, "Thekork" <thekork@xtdl.com> writes: >Is there any type of UNIX that would run on a x286? I have one sitting up >in the atic just gathering dust! SCO made a product called Xenix that there was a 286 version for. However, you needed at least 4MB ram if I remember right. You might try experimenting with a program called Minix, this was a unix-like operating system that could run on an XT believe it or not. Prentice Hall had a couple books out about it at one time and you could FTP it off sites on the net.