From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 3 12:43:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA12277 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Mar 1996 12:43:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from eac.iafrica.com (slipper101147.iafrica.com [196.7.101.147]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA12255 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 1996 12:42:53 -0800 (PST) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by eac.iafrica.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA00297; Sun, 3 Mar 1996 22:42:11 +0200 From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199603032042.WAA00297@eac.iafrica.com> Subject: Re: 8088's :) To: phuff@cs.oberlin.edu (Paul Huff) Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 22:42:09 +0200 (SAT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199603031846.NAA12596@cs.oberlin.edu> from "Paul Huff" at Mar 3, 96 01:46:50 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 3 Mar 1996, Paul Huff wrote: > I'm not sure this is the right place to be asking about this, so if it isn't > please forgive me for intruding. I have heard rumors about a version of > FreeBSD that will run on an 8088(don't laugh it's my only computer :) XT. > Is this true, and if so where could I obtain it? > Thank you very much and once again, I'm sorry to intrude if I have done so. > -Paul Sadly FreeBSD requires at least an 80386. However, if you haven't already done so, you might try Minix 1.7.1 which apparently does run on an XT. Source and binaries are available by anonymous ftp. If you have WWW access, check out http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/getting_minix.html -- Robert Nordier