wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) (07/26/90)
Has anyone run Minix on a 8088 laptop? Specifically, I'd like to know
about the Toshiba T1000SE. If I get a T1000SE with 3 Meg, can Minix
use the extra memory at all? Only for a RAM disk? Or can I run
processes above 1M on an 8088?
I have a 286, and I know that you can run processes above 1M on
an AT, but I vaguely remember hearing it can't be done on an 8088. Is
this true? It would be a semi-major factor if in buying if I find I
can't run more than 640K in Minix on a 8088. (Buying == for the laptop,
I already have Minix :-) )
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always greatly exceeded the time available for their execution, and this
remains true even with the telescope in its current state." -- HST Science
Working Group and User's Commitee Report, 1990 June 29.
Wayne Hayes INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca CompuServe: 72401,3525rdc30med@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (LCDR Michael E. Dobson) (07/26/90)
In article <1990Jul26.014034.12359@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) writes: >Has anyone run Minix on a 8088 laptop? Specifically, I'd like to know >about the Toshiba T1000SE. If I get a T1000SE with 3 Meg, can Minix >use the extra memory at all? Only for a RAM disk? Or can I run >processes above 1M on an 8088? > Yes, I run it on a Zenith Z-184, an 8088 laptop. It works about as well as on my 8088 XT clone. With stock Minix, even 1.5.10, you will only be able to use 640K. This is a limitation of the 8088 chip. Without custom dirvers, you won't even be able to use the extra memory as a RAM disk. -- Mike Dobson, Sys Admin for | Internet: rdc30med@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil | UUCP: ...uunet!mimsy!nmrdc1!rdc30med AT&T 3B2/600G Sys V R 3.2.2 | BITNET: dobson@usuhsb.bitnet WIN/TCP for 3B2 | MCI-Mail: 377-2719 or 0003772719@mcimail.com