> > > X really needs a large address space so 32 bit addresses and pointers are > > > critical. I don't think a 286 can hack it. Plus it will be slow. Even a > > > 386 is a bit slow for X. If all you want is a diskless X-terminal there > > > are lots of ways to do this with a 3/4/586 and Linux. > > There used to be DesqView/X (a long time ago) which would run on a 286 > with 2MB (I think) and an EGA-card minimum. However, I think ELKS > will be better of concentrating on the 8086 --- after all, Linux will > run on a 80386, and coding for the 80286 alone is rather a > niche-market. DesqView/X certainly didn't run on 286 (IMO), since it relied heavily on QEMM, memory manager that worked in 386 pmode. Plus it needed 8 MB to run (or run decently), if memory serves correctly.
