Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 15:29:18 +1030 (CST) From: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and a 286? Message-ID: <199602210459.PAA10939@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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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 [[
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