5 Oct
2007
5 Oct
'07
7:11 a.m.
In message: <20071005044448.GK27520(a)mercury.ccil.org>
John Cowan <cowan(a)ccil.org> writes:
: tuhs(a)cuzuco.com scripsit:
:
: > 8086 lacks the required protected mode. don't remember how xenix over
: > came this problem when it was first released. no one even has to think
: > about this problem today
:
: Coherent also ran on the x86, and is available for download
: (its copyright status is uncertain); chase links from
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherent_(operating_system) .
Coherent was a v6 port. There was a Dec Rainbow port as well, but
nobody seems to have a copy of that anymore. The only copies I've
been able to find are for either the 286 or 8086. The 286 version was
a v7 port, iirc.
Warner