Comment by dmitrygr Comment by dmitrygr 10 months ago 4 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News It surely is
Copy Link cdchn 10 months ago Collapse Comment - I'd figure the earliest thing anybody has run Linux on before this would be a 386. Although I suppose with this MIPS emulator ported to some other proto-processors it could go older, but just getting the hardware to do that would be a challenge.PS: love the VFD Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link einr 10 months ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - Linux will run on a 68020 which is a couple of years older than a 386. Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link fortran77 10 months ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - There was a 286 Xenix, and Minix (which inspired Linux) ran on an 8088. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link cdchn 10 months ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Yeah, and UNIX was developed on a PDP-7 as far back as 1969. But I was talking about Linux. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link einr 10 months ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - Linux will run on a 68020 which is a couple of years older than a 386. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link fortran77 10 months ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - There was a 286 Xenix, and Minix (which inspired Linux) ran on an 8088. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link cdchn 10 months ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Yeah, and UNIX was developed on a PDP-7 as far back as 1969. But I was talking about Linux. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link cdchn 10 months ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Yeah, and UNIX was developed on a PDP-7 as far back as 1969. But I was talking about Linux. Reply View | 0 replies
I'd figure the earliest thing anybody has run Linux on before this would be a 386. Although I suppose with this MIPS emulator ported to some other proto-processors it could go older, but just getting the hardware to do that would be a challenge.
PS: love the VFD