Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 13:53:21 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
cc: stwand07 AT uctvms DOT uct DOT ac DOT za, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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.