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Subject: Re: Older Intel x86
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Steve Hovey wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Jim Griffin wrote:
> 
> > Is there a version of FreeBSD that will run on an older Intel x86
> > machine?  80286 or lower? With minimal amounts of memory.  Perhaps an
> > early version of FreeBSD?  The only information that I can find pertains
> > to versions 2+ which apparently require a 80386 or higher.
> 
> The only 'nix I know of that will run on a 286 is the old coherent.
and SCO Xenix