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    [–] grue@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

    Very funny, but I actually used to own a computer that didn't meet the minimum requirements for Linux.

    (Not my pic, but the same model.)

    [–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
    [–] grue@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children) 
    #if _FP_W_TYPE_SIZE < 32
#error "Here's a nickel kid.  Go buy yourself a real computer."
#endif

    LOL!

    That isn't the same limitation I was thinking of, though.

    [–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    I wasn't confident which requirement you were missing, but I love that error

    [–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

    I was under the impression that the main impediment to running Linux on a 286 was the lack of an MMU. I might be wrong about that, though.

    [–] swab148@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    What was it, the ENIAC?

    [–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

    Linux doesn't run on anything below a 386 because it requires a MMU.

    (Some people have made forks that can run on 286s etc., but those changes have never been part of the mainline kernel.)

    [–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

    You can if you emulate a CPU that does have an MMU. Someone has actually done this to get Linux booting on an Intel 4004. Another one got Linux to boot on a Commodore 64.

    [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

    386 support was dropped years ago.

    [–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

    What can I run on a Transmeta Crusoe?

    [–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

    They tried running Linux on their ENIAC, but someone accidentally tipped over one of the crates of punch cards which has unfortunately set the project back a few months.

    [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    We are Tandy buddies!

    Still looking for an original monitor.

    [–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

    I'm sad that my parents eventually forced me to get rid of it. At least I kept the keyboard, though.

    [–] swab148@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

    I used to have one of those! Well before I ever knew about Linux, but it was great fun making little stuff in BASIC and playing with actually floppy disks.

    [–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

    What we had that couldn't: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PS/2_Model_30

    Work was getting rid of them so my dad bought it. Great machine, learned a ton.