Northern Telecom sold a multi-user XENIX system. It was 8086 based based using Multibus. Circa 1984
Robin > At 11:39 AM 4/9/2007, Peter St. John wrote: >>Well, I could run unix with all 1536K, but not MS/PCDOS 3.2. So call >>it a software issue of failing to work around the hardware issue. >>Obviously the hardware was not a show-stopper. >> >>But it was the 286 I did this on, not the earlier 8088, which I >>don't think could reasonably have been expected to run unix; > > > > No problem running unix on a 8086.. (Don't forget Xenix on 8086 or > 80286) Or, for that matter, on a 68000. (maybe the 68010 with the > mmu or the 020 with virtual memory?.. I seem to remember DRAM refresh > by 64 NOPs on the timer tick) > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > Robin Harker Workstations UK Ltd DDI: 01494 787710 Tel: 01494 724498 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
