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- Subject: Re: uNIX on tired iron FAQ
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.133517.13039@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 13:35:17 GMT
- References: <1992Aug31.150111.276@lrc.edu> <id.WKWS.O4A@ferranti.com> <Bu1365.B0C@nntp-sc.Intel.COM>
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- In article <Bu1365.B0C@nntp-sc.Intel.COM>, dlau@mipos2.intel.com (Dan Lau) writes:
- > In article <id.WKWS.O4A@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- > >I guess this is as good a time as any... I'm going to try and put together
- > >a uNIX on tired iron FAQ.
- > >More modern or still-supported hardware is also kosher, if it's far enough
- > >behind the state of the art that support is getting problematical. I'd like
- > >to include some info on anything that will run on 286 and older 386 machines
- > >(say, under 4M (4M is small? Say it ain't so!)...).
- >
- > Just want you to know that the AT&T 6300-PLUS (a 286 machine) runs the
- > "official" Unix System V Release 2.x with 1M of memory. It also supports
- > the virtual DOS capability (i.e., you can run DOS programs while staying
- > within Unix) with SimulTask. Microport used to market a generic version
- > of this Unix for PC/AT machines. I don't know if they still support it,
- > since they have moved on to the 32-bit Unix System V. Bill Kennedy also
- > used to support the 6300-PLUS, but judging from the non-traffic on his
- > mailing list, I'd say the PLUS (and it's Unix) is pretty much dead :-(.
- >
- > The old Xenix-286 was also able to run with 1M (or less?) of memory, but
- > I guess it is still supported by SCO (?).
- > Dan Lau
-
- What about the Tandy 6000 and Microsoft/Tandy XENIX. It would run on 768K
- of memory. Or even better yet. When Tandy first introduced XENIX to the
- world (~1983) it would run on their Model 16A with only 256K of memory
- required. A real dog, but it would run. All of these were M68000 based boxes
- so maybe that says something about the Itel chip family.
-
- Steve Dawson
- Opinions expressed here are mine. One of the few things that I have left.
- swd@ihlpy.att.com
-