5 Oct
2007
5 Oct
'07
9:05 p.m.
On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 02:44:27PM -0400, Michael Kerpan wrote:
Awesome work. I notice that you require at least a 486
to run this
though. Is there any technical reason, or could this be moved to a 386
by means of a simple recompile? Also, how 32-bit IS the port? Would it
be hard to build a 286 version or even 8086/8088 version to give a
real OS to the old XT/AT in the basement?
Thanks. Provided you had a 387 as well, a 386 should be OK. The
486 has some useful cache instructions like "invd" and "invlpg",
but it was the lack of builtin floating point I was thinking of.
Others have already responded about the 286/8086, so I'll only say
the port IS very 32-bit, and it would be hard to change that.
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Robert Nordier