BSD Unix for the PC?
Cassidy Lynar
cassidy at attctc.Dallas.TX.US
Mon Dec 25 07:55:55 AEST 1989
In article <1989Dec20.202300.874 at ico.isc.com> rcd at ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
>pcg at rupert.cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
>>...1) Some University guys have ported 4.3BSD to an 80286 (yes, an
>> 80286). They claim it works nicely, thank you...
>
>The last general update I'd seen on this project was that it was coming
>along, but slowly. (It's being done by volunteers.) They have a working
>system but (again, last I heard) there was still plenty to do.
>
>>...Everex or ISC should contact them and redistribute commercially
>> their work;...
Yea, right! ISC distribute a working product? It would seem to
me that once again, unpaid, college students have produced a reasonably
working product...
-cassidy
ps. Sheesh! I am in a flaming mood today :) But it feels great
with the temps outside being 20 or so :)
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