scripsit Jeremy C. Reed:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 frankburton@cox.net wrote:
> 
> > run it. If I am wrong please let me know. If not what open source OS
> > would run on it. I am always looking for new toys.
[snip] 
> Linux and no other real Unix will run on it.

While true Linux requires a 386 or higher, there is a port of Linux to
the 286.  The project is called ELKS (Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset)
[1].  I've never used it, and it may be dead, but it's downloadable...

References
1. <http://elks.sourceforge.net/>

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Thanasis Kinias
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Doctoral Student, Department of History
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.