Mail Archives: opendos/2000/12/05/05:31:10
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From: "Robert W Moss" <domanspc AT juno DOT com>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: BASIC & EMS (was: Optimizing CONFIG.SYS...)
> MINIX was what was used all over the world by students.
> Linus originally wrote LINUX as an exercise to see if he could make
> something better than MINIX, which was rather limited when
> compared to a full version of UNIX (which would not run on a PC).
>
> Possibly your 286 version was the original LINUX kernal, before all
> the GNU modifications and utilities were added.
You can seach for it on the WEB. I blieve that is came out after Linux. I do
not believe Liuus ever experimented with LINUX on a 286. MINIX, however,
will also work on a 286, but I do not recall whether it can take advantage
the 286's memory above 1MB. I have seen MINIX available on the internet and
may even have a copy of it, but at the moment I cannot check my Linux tapes.
Pat
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