From: pse5327@siemens.co.at (Abolghassem Salahi) Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 10:07:04 GMT
hendrik@vedge.com (Hendrik Boom) writes:
>sable@halcyon.com (Scott Philip Sable) writes:
>: I am in desperate need of any and all help!!! I am currently trying to
>: find a Unix OS for an Intel 286 machine. I have tried a number of
>While we are on the topic of old machines, I have an old 640K 8088-based
>PC clone -- no hard disk even, and one can't be added -- THis is OLD --
>Does anyone know a Unix that will run on it?
Not sure if if works on a 286, but it works in an 8088: Venix 2.0. It is
very old, had no TCP/IP support, no manual pages, but it had a compiler and
/bin and /usr/bin were pretty full. I had a second terminal (an old BBC
running kermit :-) attached fine , but configuring the devices for a modem
proved too much, though looking at the device names I would say it is possible.
If you want more information then ask. I did see an advert for Venix in Byte
a couple of years ago. I *think* the firm was 'Venturcom.'
Alexis