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From: cwr@crash.cts.com (Will Rose)
Subject: Re: Minix on an IBM XT
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Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 06:29:53 GMT
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Albert S Woodhull (aswNS@hamp.hampshire.edu) wrote:
[...]
: The new beta release of Minix 1.7.0 is not set up for easy
: installation on old PC/XT machines, but it can be done. Also, I
: haven't heard yet whether the 640K memory limit makes it difficult to 
: do serious work, like recompile the kernel. It will be difficult to
: make a networked Minix 1.7 work in limited memory.

You can recompile the kernel - I doubt you can use networking.

Will
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