>Anyone know of a minimum unix or unix-like OS that will run on the following
>config:
>
>Zenith Supersport SX
>386sx-16
>640k
>110mb HD
>VGA mono
>
>I know about minix, but am looking for something a little more robust, since
>I have heard TCP/IP and other such apps don't run well or not at all under
>minix. If someone can tell me otherwise, I'll use it.
I'm afraid Minix is it. If you can increase the memory to 2Mb, 4Mb would
be a lot better you could get Linux installed. I've run Linux with
X-Windows on a Twinhead 386sx which was a 386SX/16 with the Mathcoprocessor
added, stepped up to 4Mb RAM, and the 40Mb HD replaced with a 350Mb HD. I
ran this from January of '94 through March '95 when I needed a laptop and
couldn't afford a new one, I'd bought this new in '90. It was a real step
down from running Linux on my 486DX/33 with 20Mb RAM. Back in '94 there
was a "Lite" version of X-Windows for reduced configurations, and it ran
pretty good, don't know if such a thing still exists. One thing you don't
want to do with a 386SX/16 is any programming, it takes forever to compile!
Although small scripts are doable.
On an not so interesting note, the 40Mb HD now functions as a CP/M disk for
my Pentium, and the Laptop is now a general purpose terminal. The 486,
well it's the Server that ties my various platforms together, running Linux
of course.
Zane
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