From: kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 13:12:14 -0500 Message-Id: <9611071812.AA04285@quasar.bloomberg.com > To: orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph Cc: leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au, stwand07 AT uctvms DOT uct DOT ac DOT za, djgpp AT delorie DOT com In-Reply-To: (message from Orlando Andico on Wed, 6 Nov 1996 13:53:21 +0800 (GMT)) Subject: Re: Porting real-time, multiprocess, distrib. OS Kernel to djgpp? Reply-To: kagel AT dg1 DOT bloomberg DOT com Errors-To: postmaster AT bloomberg DOT com Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 13:53:21 +0800 (GMT) From: Orlando Andico Cc: stwand07 AT uctvms DOT uct DOT ac DOT za, djgpp AT delorie DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Length: 570 > Sorry, just can't get passed the 8086 bit... Are you SURE it was on an > 8086??? > Is it just me, or would writing on the 8086 be more hassle than its > worth... > > Leathal. > really now, no need to get so impressed.. someone ported the UNIX V7 kernel to the Z80 (it's on SimTel, called UZI) -- you know, that old 4MHz thing with 64K of RAM.. and besides, Linux-ELKS is already runnable on the 8086, there already is a shell and compilers and the usual fileutils. so multitasking and even multithreading is certainly possible on processors as small as these. Anyone remember XENIX or PCUNIX? These were originally ported to the i8086 by Microsoft and AT&T of all folk! -- Art S. Kagel, kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com A proverb is no proverb to you 'till life has illustrated it. -- John Keats