Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 03:20:04PM -0800, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>> Has there ever been an official 16 bit linux kernel?
>
> I could be wrong but I think the closest would be Minix '87 running on
> 8086, Linus was not doing his thing until '91 or maybe later, he may
> have started on a 8086, not sure.
Many years ago someone on this list claimed to be running Debian on
an 80386SX, which was, I think, 16-bit (as opposed to the 80386DX).
Hamm or Slink, I believe.
David
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