From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 3 13:08:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA13400 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Mar 1996 13:08:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns3.noc.netcom.net (ns3.noc.netcom.net [204.31.1.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA13395 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 1996 13:08:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from tera.com (tera.tera.com [206.215.142.10]) by ns3.noc.netcom.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA12222; Sun, 3 Mar 1996 13:07:59 -0800 Received: from athena.tera.com by tera.com (4.1/SMI-4.0-206) id AA24483; Sun, 3 Mar 96 13:07:31 PST From: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) Message-Id: <9603032107.AA24483@tera.com> Subject: Re: 8088's :) To: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 13:07:43 -0800 (PST) Cc: phuff@cs.oberlin.edu, questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Chuck Robey" at Mar 3, 96 03:03:22 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Chuck Robey: > > 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. > > This is the right place to ask, but the answer is, no, FreeBSD only > supports the Intel processors at the minimum 386 level, and above. I've > not heard of any effort to move it to 8088, or 80286, for that matter. > I'm pretty sure I would have heard of any such plans. > But there are unix-esque ports that run on the 8088. Check out Minix and Coherent, both pretty cheap. gary kline