17 Oct
2012
17 Oct
'12
11:01 p.m.
On 10/17/2012 06:42 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
Well, yes, I got that (although I didn't know that
detail about VMS) -
it just seems a lot of extra work for a hobbyist project. But what do
I know about such things? Nothing, clearly!
TBH, in terms of low-end OSs that would work well on a 386, 16MB is a
lot. You could run Linux or NetBSD happily in that. Probably even
Linux 3.2 if carefully compiled.
Aw heck, just stick a Raspberry Pi on a blank S100 prototype card, hook
up the power and a few extension cables for keyboard and video and
you're in business--with 512MB of memory now. You might even be able to
emulate a 386 on an RP about as fast as a native 386.
Sort of like the "new" Commodore 64...
--Chuck