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From: eravin@panix.com (Ed Ravin)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit: on a 286 or 386?
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:08:44 +0000 (UTC)
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>From somewhere in cyberspace, Igor Sobrado <igor@nospam.invalid> said:
>[...] Ok, I guess I know the answers...
>DOS is an ancient operating system. In fact, my choice would be
>NetBSD and C-Kermit for that computer if it is somewhat better than
>a 286, but looking for a Unix or Unix-like OS for a 16-bit PC is a
>challenging task!
Got any copies of IBM Xenix lying around? Actually it was written by
Microsoft, just like the other operating system IBM offered for the PC-AT.
I'm sure Kermit will run just fine on it...
-- Ed "and I'm sure SCO will be willing to sell you a license for it..."
--
Ed Ravin | "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as
| well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the
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panix.com | --Anatole France, Le Lys Rouge [1894]