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From: nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams)
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD and a 286?
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 14:19:52 -0700
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> > 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?

> Microport (uPort) SVR2.x -- the last release that didn't require real
> memory management.
> 
> Altos 586/786 Xenix (probably won't run on standard hardware)
> 
> Microsoft Xenix 286 (not nearly as good as SCO)
> 
> SCO Xenix 286 (requires activation keys galore)
> 
> Coherent (if you can find it -- lower quality than the others).
> 
> Minix (you might find an older copy of the Tannenbaum book with a disk)

You forgot Microport's PC/IX product, marketed only by IBM.  (Yes, I
*do* have a copy of it but I'm not parting with it. :)

It's a straight port of Sys III for the XT, but it ran for months on my
286-10 with 1MB of memory. :)



Nate