Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!well!nlane From: nlane@well.sf.ca.us (Nathan D. Lane) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv286 Subject: Re: UNIX for 286 Keywords: '286 machine Message-ID: <25390@well.sf.ca.us> Date: 12 Jun 91 01:01:39 GMT References: Distribution: usa Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 28 In article hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) writes: >> Is there any version of UNIX for the '286 that has any kind of DOS >>emulation on it. > >Microport SV/AT supports Merge/286. That does a quite reasonable job >of running DOS applications. The main limit is that you can have only >one DOS application active at a time. (Of course there are the usual >issues about reliability with Microport Unix, but it does basically >work.) AT&Ts system V for 286s has Merge/286 as well, with the same one dos task limit. I believe the version for AT&T was Sys V v2.3. I saw it running on a 6 MHz (!) AT&T 6300+ machine. The user used it as a DOS machine exclusively and basically destroyed the Unix system by turning it off (fsck everytime it came on). I'm also interested in Unix for 286s - what are the fees for Microport sys V AT? Anyone have any info on the version of Unix mentioned above? Thanks in advance. Nathan Lane Digital Technology Service Santa Barbara, CA (805) 683-3760 Authorized Esix resellers.