>< Just to refresh my memory on Linux since I'm just now getting into
>< looking at it, just exactly what machines work well with it, and with
>< what versions/vareities for each? I have tons of machines from IBM 5170
>< AT's, PS/2's of all sorts, other 286 and 386 machines, etc and I'm
>< looking at possibly selling off the useful ones that will use Linux as
>< cheap as I can to get some room to walk around here.
>
>For the 8086 and 286 class machines look into MINIX V2.0 and for the 386
>and up most linux versions (they may not support specific hardware
>like some oddball video and disks though).
Question, isn't Minix on the x86 platform still a commercial product? I
know the versions for stuff such as the Atari I believe are now free, but I
thought you still had to buy the x86 version.
If I'm mistaken, where can you get it :^)
I believe there is finally MicroChannel support for the PS/2's, but I've
never even powered on the one PS/2 I've got. One of these days I'll
probably throw an old version of OS/2 on it.
Zane
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Received on Mon Dec 07 1998 - 20:08:07 GMT