31 Dec
1997
31 Dec
'97
3:58 a.m.
At 10:49 AM 12/31/97 -0700, you wrote:
I'll have to reserve judgement on Win 3.1 as
I've never tried to run it on
an 8088 (I thought Microsoft dropped support for the mode required by the
8088 in Win3.1, though), but OS/2 is right out. It's entire reason for
being is to run on the 286, so an XT won't cut it.
Now if you want to see something really fly, load up Windows 1.03 or 2.0 on
it. Those'll run like lightning on any x86 with 512k or more. I have 1.03
running off a DD 3.5" floppy on a GRiDCASE 3 laptop (XT class, no HD, Gas
Plasma CGA, 512k, DOS in ROM)
In addition to Xenix, CP/M-86, Minix, and a variety of
Forths, there are
other Unix clones (Venix, for exmaple), the UCSD P-system, and MP/M-86 (if
you
can find it!). I don't know offhand whether
Concurrent CP/M-86 requires a
286, but I do not believe it does.
Anyone know of a free source for x86 CP/M? or forth? Am I missing
something? Isn't forth a language, not an OS?
- John Higginbotham
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