Actually, he could if he desired put minix on the
8086.
I have it on a 286 that was one of my wifes old boat
anchors.
Peace,
Mark
--- craig@ctrust.com wrote:
> Mr Moen might be able to put Debian on the 8086,
> but something tells me the 286 is a bit too new
> for stable debian ;)
>
> On 14 Nov 2004 at 23:12, Nathan Anderson wrote:
>
> > I hope I don't offend anyone by posting this,
> but I have a couple old
> > desktop PC's that I'd like to find a home for if
> anyone here is interested.
> >
> > One is a 286 and has a 42MB HD, 5.25" and 3.5"
> floppy drives, the
> > other looks like an 8086 and has a HD ?MB's, two
> 5.25" floppies and a
> > monitor. Both machines look to be complete inside,
> but I don't know if
> > they work or not as I have not plugged them in
> since taking possession
> > of them a few weeks ago.
> >
> > I got them and a bunch of other old computer
> equipment for some
> > computer work I did and I really would like to
> tinker with them but just
> > do not have the space for them right now. Rather
> than just throwing them
> > out though I thought I'd offer them (for free of
> course!) to my fellow
> > geeks and see if anyone on the list is also
> interested in playing around
> > with old hardware.
> >
> > If you're interested please mail me off the list
> and I can attempt to
> > answer any more specific questions about them you
> might have. I am
> > willing to deliver them to whichever slug meeting
> the interested
> > party/parties attend. I usually attend the St.
> Pete meetings so they
> > could be picked up there too if the interested
> party/parties would
> > prefer that.
> >
> > Nate
> >
>
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