From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 20 21:03:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA05698 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 21:03:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA05691 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 21:02:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id PAA10939; Wed, 21 Feb 1996 15:29:19 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602210459.PAA10939@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and a 286? To: dwalton@psiint.com (Dave Walton) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 15:29:18 +1030 (CST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, Jaykork@aol.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Dave Walton" at Feb 20, 96 03:16:13 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Dave Walton stands accused of saying: > > 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) > > Hmmm... I may just have a set of Minix disks laying around here > somewhere. If someone can tell me how to make disk images from them, I'd > be glad to mail the images to anyone who really needs a 286 unix. The current version of Minix is freely available from ftp.cs.vu.nl. (both 'xt' and 386 versions) > David Walton Programmer -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[