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echo: classic_computer
to: Kurt Weiske
from: mark lewis
date: 2016-02-12 19:41:28
subject: IBM PS/2 Model 25 questions

12 Feb 16 14:34, you wrote to me:

 CS>>> 3) Would it be possible to install and run Linux via dual-boot on
 CS>>> one of these computers?

 ML>> possibly but it would likely need to be an older simpler *nix...
 ML>> certainly none of today's memory hogs... think of the memory ;)

 KW> minix would run like a charm on it.

 KW> http://minix1.woodhull.com/

yup... i ran minix and i think another one maaaannny moons ago... i wish i
had today's knowledge and understanding back then... it would have been
much easier... but then again, IIRC, minix is what lead to today's linux
for various reasons ;)

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey

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