The following directory caught my eye:
relic/d/kernel/USRSRC/i8086
They were comments in the like of:
* COHERENT Version 2.3.37
* 8086/8088 Coherent.
* IBM PC.
Is anyone aware of an early version 2.x and if so, is a binary version still existing somewhere ?
Or, is there a way to somehow rebuild it ? The top directory "relic" leads me to believe that,
if at all possible, it'd take a huge effort to revive it.
On Monday, June 3, 2019 at 9:00:23 PM UTC+2, frasc wrote:
The following directory caught my eye:
relic/d/kernel/USRSRC/i8086
They were comments in the like of:
* COHERENT Version 2.3.37
* 8086/8088 Coherent.
* IBM PC.
Is anyone aware of an early version 2.x and if so, is a binary version still existing somewhere ?
These are the 8086 kernel sources for release 2.x. The binary objects are in USRSYS. This is
kernel, driver and config stuff only, not a complete system and there are no distribution disks
for this version one could install a system from.
Or, is there a way to somehow rebuild it ? The top directory "relic" leads me to believe that,
if at all possible, it'd take a huge effort to revive it.
One could use a 286 system to rebuild the 8086 system from sources, would be some work though.
It's probably not worth the effort to produce just a kernel without all of the supporting
utils and other stuff, but that was intriguing.
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