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From: rnordier@iafrica.com (Robert Nordier)
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD and a 286?
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 01:22:17 +0200 (SAT)
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On Tue, 20 Feb 1996, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > Hi there, I have a DEC 286 VaxMate computer, is there any way that I can run
> > FreeBSD unix on it? If not, can you suggest a flavor of UNIX that will run on
> > the 286?

[.....]

> Minix (you might find an older copy of the Tannenbaum book with a disk)
> 
> You will need to buy them used and/or from an overstock/outdated
> warehouse.  SCO is the only one that supports networking of any
> kind; it's not enough to do standard X, since the select() function
> is missing from most old Xenix drivers... besides, X is too large for
> a 286.

Apparently a current version of Minix (1.7.1) is available in a
distribution that supports the 286 ... and even the 8086.  Check out

   http://www.cs.vu.nl/%7East/getting_minix.html

Binaries and source are available for downloading from the same address.

-- 
Robert Nordier