Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 13:07:43 -0800 (PST) From: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) To: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: phuff@cs.oberlin.edu, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 8088's :) Message-ID: <9603032107.AA24483@tera.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960303150109.10460B-100000@skipper.eng.umd.edu> from "Chuck Robey" at Mar 3, 96 03:03:22 pm
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According to Chuck Robey: > > On Sun, 3 Mar 1996, Paul Huff wrote: > > > I'm not sure this is the right place to be asking about this, so if it isn't > > please forgive me for intruding. I have heard rumors about a version of > > FreeBSD that will run on an 8088(don't laugh it's my only computer :) XT. > > Is this true, and if so where could I obtain it? > > Thank you very much and once again, I'm sorry to intrude if I have done so. > > This is the right place to ask, but the answer is, no, FreeBSD only > supports the Intel processors at the minimum 386 level, and above. I've > not heard of any effort to move it to 8088, or 80286, for that matter. > I'm pretty sure I would have heard of any such plans. > But there are unix-esque ports that run on the 8088. Check out Minix and Coherent, both pretty cheap. gary kline
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