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Xenix (an official port of System 7) was available for Intel 286s from Microsoft. There were a number of Unix-like systems for 16 bit systems, and the Ancient U
by emidln 5y ago
Xenix (an official port of System 7) was available for Intel 286s from Microsoft. There were a number of Unix-like systems for 16 bit systems, and the Ancient Unixen were initially running on 16bit processors (notably the PDP-11). You can run 16bit unix in a simulator today.
- anyfoo 5y agoIt was even available for 8086, XENIX 8086. Another 8086 UNIX at that time was PC/IX. I played around with them both, and they both have upsides and downsides.