Xref: utzoo comp.lang.forth:1649 comp.sys.misc:2604 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth,comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: Forth Programs (was Forth learning curve) Message-ID: Date: 2 Jan 90 17:22:30 GMT References: <9001021451.AA18382@jade.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Followup-To: comp.sys.misc Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 12 > Actually, the AT could probably run V7 Unix just fine, in 16-bit mode > just like the PDP-11. However, the ante has been upped, and nobody wants > V7 anymore. Can you say "MINIX"? V7 UNIX on an 8088. Not even a hard disk. I knew you could. Actually, the original PC could run V7 just fine. I was using Xenix on an XT at one time. It was nearly as good as an 11/23, at a fraction of the price... and better than some of the more bizzarre System-III based releases out at that time. (this has little to do with Forth any more. Note followups) -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com