Subject: Re: Unix OS for 286 From: dane@nermal.santarosa.edu (Dane Jasper) Date: 1 May 1993 11:16:44 PDT
John D. Boggs (jdb@erato.iowa-city.ia.us) wrote:
: From article <1993Apr20.153834.8186@vedge.com>, by hendrik@vedge.com (Hendrik Boom):
: > 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?
: >
: Hey, I've got one of those Sharp scientific calculators (the EL-5813).
: It says it's programmable, is there a Unix that'll run on it?
That's nothing - I've got an HP48sx that supports up to 1M of ram - how
about that? (after all, I have a term program for it, X, Y and Zmodem, and
Kermit is built in.) Neat thing is, it has a four-wire serial port (not to
mention infra-red) so I could put a modem or terminals on it. The first
dialup calculator! =)
Dane