Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:40751 comp.unix.i386:1995 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!apexepa!orac!pat From: pat@orac.pgh.pa.us (Pat Barron) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: BSD Unix for the PC? Message-ID: <205@orac.pgh.pa.us> Date: 25 Dec 89 23:21:55 GMT References: <841@crash.cts.com> <28286@amdcad.AMD.COM> <1989Dec20.202300.874@ico.isc.com> Reply-To: pat@orac.pgh.pa.us (Pat Barron) Organization: Pat's 3b1 Lines: 21 In article <1989Dec20.202300.874@ico.isc.com> rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes: >pcg@rupert.cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes: >>...1) Some University guys have ported 4.3BSD to an 80286 (yes, an >> 80286). They claim it works nicely, thank you... > >The last general update I'd seen on this project was that it was coming >along, but slowly. (It's being done by volunteers.) They have a working >system but (again, last I heard) there was still plenty to do. I keep hearing about these folks who did the 4.3 port to the 80286, but I've never seen any mention of who they are. Does anyone know who exactly is doing the port? I'd like to get in touch with them. Thanks! --Pat. -- Pat Barron Internet: pat@orac.pgh.pa.us - or - orac!pat@gateway.sei.cmu.edu UUCP: ...!uunet!apexepa!sei!orac!pat - or - ...!pitt!darth!orac!pat