From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
Would Xenix likely even run in the 1MB of the BBC
Micro's 32016 copro? I
can believe it'd be usable on the 4MB of the ACW, but might be pushing
it a bit in 1MB.
Xenix would certainly run in 1MB of memory. That is...at least on the i286 (512K was the
minimum when I was subjected to Xenix). As I recall, it ran in even less on the 8086. On
the Tandy 16 (68000), I *think* it ran in 256K, but please don't hold me to that. I
understand that it also ran on the z8000, but I never saw that.
I don't recall ever seeing that Xenix was ported to the 32016 for any machine. BSD4
was, of course, among other Unixen of dubious lineage. Considering the bugs, it's
amazing any of them worked.
Of course...why you would want to run Xenix on something other than a PoS system, other
than to say you did, is a bit beyond me...;-)