Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 15:33:32 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: leereyno AT imap2 DOT asu DOT edu
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Program for a 286 w/o Windows
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> Isn't there a 286 version of linux out there called Linux-16?  I'm sure 
> it wouldn't be impossible to port whatever C compiler it uses over to dos 
> for 286 protected mode development.  Not that anyone really needs that 
> nowadays, but then who really needs Linux-16 either?
> 
> Lee


There IS a 16-bit Linux called Linux/x86 (and yes, it runs on 8088
hardware). BUT it does NOT use gcc, it uses a version of the ANSI/K&R
compiler which comes with Minix (AFAIK). gcc simply CAN'T be ported to
machines less than 32-bits, unless you give up a lot of functionality.
I've used the gcc for the MC68HC11 (8-bit CPU) but it "emulates" 32-bit
registers using memory -- slow, and inelegant.

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