From: entropy@wintermute.WPI.EDU (Lawrence C. Foard) Subject: Re: Free BSD release: future of Minix/Linux? Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1992 22:25:19 GMT
In article <1992Mar21.073048.1673@nntp.hut.fi> s32974l@kaira.hut.fi (Jussi Markus V{h{passi) writes:
>In article <1992Mar18.030152.14554@epas.toronto.edu> meggin@epas.utoronto.ca (David Megginson) writes:
>>
>>... I am stuck with Minix, because I use a 68000-based
>>machine, ...
>
>Users of PS/2 70/80 etc. with MICROCHANNEL are stuck with Minix, too, like it
>or not.
>I'd propably use Linux if only MCA were OK. I'm still working on 386Minix-
>patches, hope to get it working some day.
If you could afford a PS/2 you can certainly afford the money for a real 386
or 486. There are many 486's under $2000 now and they will blow the PS/2
away. You might even be able to sell your PS/2 to some gullible person for
enough to buy a real machine :-)
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