gfb@wsc-sun.boeing.com (Gareth Beale) (02/24/90)
I have thus far only dabbled with minix on a borrowed Compaq 286 portable, and am considering buying my own PC. A 386 seems to be the way to go, but of course they are not cheap. Has anyone been running minix on a 386SX-based system? I would imagine there should be no problems since I know people run it on "real" 386's, but would be interested to hear of other people's experiences before laying out large quantities of cash. Gareth Beale (206)865-5375 # Mail Stop 7A-35 # e-mail: Boeing Computer Services # gfb@wsc-sun.boeing.com P.O. Box 24346 # or: Seattle, Wa. 98124-0346 # gfb%wsc-sun@atc.boeing.com
pcm@iwarp.intel.com (Phil Miller) (02/26/90)
In article <12033@nigel.udel.EDU> gfb@wsc-sun.boeing.com (Gareth Beale) writes: >I have thus far only dabbled with minix on a borrowed Compaq 286 portable, >and am considering buying my own PC. A 386 seems to be the way to go, >but of course they are not cheap. Has anyone been running minix on a >386SX-based system? I would imagine there should be no problems since >I know people run it on "real" 386's, but would be interested to hear >of other people's experiences before laying out large quantities of cash. >Gareth Beale (206)865-5375 # >Mail Stop 7A-35 # e-mail: >Boeing Computer Services # gfb@wsc-sun.boeing.com >P.O. Box 24346 # or: >Seattle, Wa. 98124-0346 # gfb%wsc-sun@atc.boeing.com Minix works just fine in the system I am using. I am running MINIX v1.3 on a VIP 386SX MotherBoard, running at 16MHz in real mode. I have 2 Mb of EXTENDED memory on the motherboard and another 4 on an add-in board. Minix came up with absolutely NO difficulty on the new machine. Ditto DOS. Phil Miller pcm@iwarp.intel.com