[aclug-L] Re: C-64 linux

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My bad.  I must have been thinking of the 1.0 release.

At any rate, It didn't run on an 8086 :)


On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 06:48:31PM -0600, Jeff Vian wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Hall wrote:
> > 
> > Linux did not exist in 1991.
> > 
> 
> Check your timetable Jon.   It was released as 0.something in 1991
> 
> check this out.
>       http://www.memalpha.cx/Linux/Kernel/
> 
> 
> > On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 04:22:18PM -0600, Michael Holmes wrote:
> > >
> > > Actually, it has already happened!  It was on the board (this one) about 6
> > > months ago.  I am aware of what the C-64 is made of.  I an not wanting to
> > > run a multinational web server, I just wanted to play, I bought it as a
> > > toy.  I have used the "limited" C-64 to run a factory down in Kentucky.
> > >
> > > As a side note, I had a version of linux I downloaded [from a bulletin
> > > board], in 1991, which fit on a 3.5 floppy and ran on a zenith 8086 laptop
> > > with a 10 meg hard drive!  The newer versions of linux are impressive, but
> > > the original had a quite modest start.
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:54 AM, Jonathan Hall
> > > [SMTP:jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It ain't gonna happen.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -- Jonathan
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