http://blog.jolix.com Open Source Operating Systems From the Beginning to Now ... 2010-10-30T21:55:27Z http://blog.jolix.com/5 So here's an empty laptop once again. Every time I've begun a port, I've always faced a completely empty machine and sought to fill it. With 386BSD, it started on a "lunch pail" 16 Mhz 32-bit first generation 386 with 2MB of memory and a 40MB 5.25" h...... william 2010-10-30T21:55:27Z http://blog.jolix.com/4 One of the series readers is a friend of many years, now in retirement. He reminded me of another clever way the initial root could have be formed. william 2006-06-01T02:37:44Z http://blog.jolix.com/3 At the time Jon Erickson and I agreed to do the series, DOS was the prime platform for the IBM PC/AT. Windows 3 wasn't very well regarded, and the most common alternative platform was probably a Macintosh 512K. Less than 10% of those with a PC had a ... william 2006-03-17T05:41:02Z http://blog.jolix.com/1 Greetings to Jolix, where to interact with the past and current items about 386BSD. Its been 15 years since the article series and many questions and stories remain. We owe it to the wonderful readers of our series and users of 386BSD to reengange wi...... william 2006-03-17T03:09:35Z