check out ELKS linux. On 9/13/06, Stephen E. Bodnar <sbodnar@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > >Hmm. So if I had a Zenith ZWL-183-92 laptop with an 8OC88 processor, > >described as "8/16 bit" (I guess it does both - meaning 16 bits) Linux > >is out? > > > >Was there ever a 16 bit kernel? > > > >James Zuelow....................CBJ MIS (907)586-0236 > >Network Specialist...Registered Linux User No. 186591 > > Though I don't know for sure, my guess is nada. I had the > 80236 version of that laptop for years, and I couldn't get even the > early versions of linux (1.3 kernels) to run on it - there are specific > minimum hardware requirements which aren't met until the > full 386DX (not 386SX) came out - if I remember correctly > it was an MMU and/or math coprocessor. I also worked a lot > on a friend's machine (can't remember the model) that was a > supercompact Zenith 8088 with a special 1.8'" floppy drive (!!!) > > The latest "supported" OS on those Zeniths was DOS 3.3. > I won't say MSDOS or PCDOS because it was a special > version of MSDOS compiled by Zenith specifically for > those machines. I could never get windows 3.1 to run > either - but Excel and Pagemaker included a special > runtime version of windoze (based on version 2) that > would start and run with the program. > > Hope this helps... > > Stephen > ------------------------------------ > The Juneau Linux Users Group -- http://www.juneau-lug.org > This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > the word unsubscribe in the subject header. > ------------------------------------ The Juneau Linux Users Group -- http://www.juneau-lug.org This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list. To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject header.