Date   : Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:53:50 +1000
From   : devries.bob@... (Bob Devries)
Subject: OT PC architecture

I seem to remember that the earliest versions of SLACKWARE Linux would run 
on an XT computer. I'm sure I did that back in the day...

Regards, Bob Devries
Soldier's Hills II, Las Pinas City, Philippines

--
Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's 
native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.

Edsger W.Dijkstra, 18 June 1975

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Fardell" <tim.fardell@...           >
To: <bbc-micro@...               >
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] OT PC architecture


> On Wed, 21 Apr 2010, Jason Flynn G7OCD wrote:
>
>> --- On Wed, 21/4/10, Mike Tomlinson <mike@...          > wrote:
>> > There is (or was) an early version of Linux that would run on
>> > the 8086, though god knows how it managed memory.
>>
>> IIRC it started off as a bit of a joke, anyway this is probably
>> what you're thinking about (it looks like abandonware to me):
>> http://elks.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> For a more actively maintained low footprint Linux check out
>> http://www.uclinux.org/ports/
>> although at a glance all the ports are to micros with MMU.
>
> Someone in our office managed to install Linux on an old Cisco 3000
> router, and made it into a Web server. Fun, but totally pointless as there
> was only about 2MB of Flash space left for web content.
>
>
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