zebr361@ut-emx.uucp (toney cassel) (04/21/91)
I have a '386 machine with a 70Meg Hard drive, and I am looking around for a version or clone of UNIX. So far I've pretty much given up on the larger stuff, not having the loose bucks to upgrade my hardware, just yet. I've seen articles in some magazines for Minix and Coherent. Does anyone actually own one of these? If so, could you give an end user's report? Of course the ads tell me that they'll solve all my problems but I've fallen for the flashy box x^y times too many. In essence, any reports on the above mentioned Operating Systems will be welcomed! Toney Cassel(student) St. Edward's University (512)448-8400 ext. 2029 Academic Computing Lab Home (512)444-0710 3001 S. Congress Austin, TX 78704
peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (04/22/91)
In article <47567@ut-emx.uucp> zebr361@ut-emx.uucp (toney cassel) writes: > I have a '386 machine with a 70Meg Hard drive, and I am looking around for > a version or clone of UNIX. So far I've pretty much given up on the larger > stuff, not having the loose bucks to upgrade my hardware, just yet. I'm running System V.3.2 on my 4 MB RAM 16 MHz 70 MB Disk 80386 box, with a partial news feed, a BBS, development areas, and about 10 MB free after all of that. I wouldn't rule out real UNIX yet. Minix: 8086 O/S, with 386 version available by applying patches. See comp.os.minix. Coherent: 80286 O/S, no 80386 version available. See comp.os.coherent. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"
wjb@cogsci.cog.jhu.edu (04/23/91)
In article <OXWAWN8@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >... >Minix: 8086 O/S, with 386 version available by applying patches. See > comp.os.minix. Woops. The current official version of Minix (1.5) runs in protected mode on the 286. It allows 64K of instruction and 64K of data space. It also lets you run programs in "extended" memory. I believe this is on a par with Coherent. >Coherent: 80286 O/S, no 80386 version available. See comp.os.coherent. Bill Bogstad