Re: Debian PC Requirements

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Ron" == Ron Reinhart <ronreinhart@snet.net> writes:

    Ron> I hate to date myself so badly but it seems to me that
    Ron> professors where running Linux on 8088's and 8086's around
    Ron> 1990 or so before 32bit Intel chips.  I was running OS9 on a
    Ron> CoCo3 at the time so I can't say from my own experience.
    Ron> Regards, Ron

You're probably thinking Minix (students were using it, like your's
sincerely). The Minix source license was a little restrictive if I
remember right. Linux required 386 starting out, because it used the
virtual memory features in the 386. I guess I just dated myself
too.......

Cheers!
Shyamal


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