On 20 Apr, Bob Williams wrote:
> I would be interested if you get minix running on that computer.
>
> My gut-level feeling is that the most productive way you can use that
> computer is still with DOS. Any version of DOS will run on it - even
> FreeDOS which you can download from the Internet.
>
> Maybe then you can get some of the dos gui tools to make it feel more
> like Unix. I suspect there is a vi port which will run on that computer.
> I know there is Tex as well. So while it will not run Linux, it is still
> a useful computer which can work with your Linux desktop.
>
Just be sure that you get the *16-bit* versions of these programs!
32-bit extended DOS ports such as those produced by the DJGPP project
will obviously not work. I believe you should be able to get these
from ftp.simtel.net.
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