From:	kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com
Date:	Thu, 7 Nov 1996 13:12:14 -0500
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Cc:	leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au, stwand07 AT uctvms DOT uct DOT ac DOT za, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.SGI.3.93.961106135139.1951B-100000@gibson.eee.upd.edu.ph> (message from Orlando Andico on Wed, 6 Nov 1996 13:53:21 +0800 (GMT))
Subject:	Re: Porting real-time, multiprocess, distrib. OS Kernel to djgpp?
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   > Sorry, just can't get passed the 8086 bit... Are you SURE it was on an
   > 8086???
   > Is it just me, or would writing on the 8086 be more hassle than its
   > worth...
   > 
   > Leathal.
   > 

   really now, no need to get so impressed.. someone ported the UNIX V7
   kernel to the Z80 (it's on SimTel, called UZI) -- you know, that old 4MHz
   thing with 64K of RAM.. and besides, Linux-ELKS is already runnable on the
   8086, there already is a shell and compilers and the usual fileutils. 

   so multitasking and even multithreading is certainly possible on
   processors as small as these.


Anyone remember XENIX or PCUNIX?  These were originally ported to the i8086 by 
Microsoft and AT&T of all folk!

-- 
Art S. Kagel, kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com

A proverb is no proverb to you 'till life has illustrated it.  -- John Keats

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