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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Unix on a 286
Message-ID: <456@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 90 20:59:18 GMT
References: <14054@reed.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <14054@reed.UUCP> minar@reed.bitnet (Nelson Minar) writes:

| what are the options for running Unix on a 286 box, with 640k? Hard drive
| space isn't too big of a problem, but I'd like to have both MS-DOS and Unix
| on the same physical drive.

I have used the following on multiple machines with acceptable
reliability:

  Xenix: available, supported, SysV kernel calls
  PC/ix: might find a copy around, not supported, SysIII

I have used the following on two machines with serious problems:
  Microport V/AT: bankrupt vendor, V.2, serial and two drive problems

I have seen the following and am told it is reliable:
  Venturcom Venix: what I saw was V7/SysIII/V.2 mix

I would buy a 386 M.B. and some real cheap UNIX (maybe ESIX) instead.
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	bill davidsen - sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
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