Xref: utzoo comp.unix.sysv386:3554 comp.unix.questions:27777 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!dcl-cs!aber-cs!teachk!pcg From: pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: 386BSD Message-ID: Date: 1 Jan 91 22:17:25 GMT References: <90364.035712RREED@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu> <1990Dec31.115556.20933@virtech.uucp> Sender: pcg@aber-cs.UUCP Organization: Coleg Prifysgol Cymru Lines: 24 In-reply-to: cpcahil@virtech.uucp's message of 31 Dec 90 11:55:56 GMT On 31 Dec 90 11:55:56 GMT, cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) said: cpcahil> 4.4BSD will support the 386 architecture (although peripheral cpcahil> support will be somewhat limited). To get it you need a SOURCE cpcahil> license (read this as lots of $$ unless you are a university). cpcahil> To my knowledge there has been no announcements of a commercial cpcahil> distribution of a binary product. Just because it is something I remember and it struck me as quite notable, if you have a source license you can alos get a 4.2BSD (or 4.3BSD) port to the 286 (yes, *2*86) from Rice University. Since it is fairly old, they probably have more drivers by now, and they should be fairly compatible with those of 4.4BSD. I remember there was a guy at YCB that has said that he was the one person doing the 386 4.4BSD port -- I do not remember whom he was, but if he is listening, he might find it nice to get in touch with the guys who did the 286 port. Who knows, maybe the two can be merged and 4.4BSD could run on 286s too. -- Piercarlo Grandi | ARPA: pcg%uk.ac.aber.cs@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Dept of CS, UCW Aberystwyth | UUCP: ...!mcsun!ukc!aber-cs!pcg Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, UK | INET: pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk