[Gloucs] Ancient '286 computer.
John Kilgour
wj.kilgour at btopenworld.com
Fri Mar 30 12:59:25 UTC 2012
There used to be many expansion boards for 286 machines. At least one of them
was a modem. I might even have one hidden away!
john Kilgour
On Friday 30 Mar 2012 11:10:57 Björn Ballard wrote:
> Hey Geoff
>
> Not sure you'd get Linux on it. The x86 kernel uses features only available
> on 386 and later. If you want to try a Unix-like OS you could give Minix a
> go. One of the BSDs or historic Unixes may also be an option.
>
> Or perhaps another project. At uni a friend wrote a boot into telnet client
> on a 8086 in assembler.
>
> Björn
> On Mar 30, 2012 11:02 AM, "GEOFF BAGLEY" <geoff.bagley at btinternet.com>
>
> wrote:
> > We have a very ancient IBM 80286 compatible. It is branded "Tandon".
> > It has both 5.25 inch and regular floppy drives, and the usual parallel
> > and serial ports.
> >
> > It has no internet connection, and no CDROM or USB capability/
> >
> > It currently has Windows 3.1 and runs Wordperfect 5.1.
> > My wife has used it for over twenty years as a typewriter !
> >
> > It really ought to be in a museum, but I thought it would be fun to try
> > installing some decent software such a Debian to see what it could do !
> >
> > Any suggestions please ?
> >
> > Geoff.
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