Date   : Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:26:21 -0700 (PDT)
From   : flynnjs@... (Jason Flynn G7OCD)
Subject: OT PC architecture

--- On Thu, 22/4/10, Bob Devries <devries.bob@...> wrote:
> 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...

The mainline Linux kernel has always required an MMU and was
originally written for i386. Arguably, as the kernel doesn't
use BIOS, it may have been possible to port to i286's "Brain-
dead" protected mode but this was never the case.