Old Version of Linux needed

[mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)]

Jerry Feldman wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

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 JF> We need to procure (if it exists) and older version of Linux
 JF> (x86 platform) with a native GCC, ld, and GAS that supports
 JF> and develops the following type of binary:

 JF> iBSC2, COFF ver3.0+, and complies with SYS V R3.

 JF> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 JF> Mike Cleaves & John Walsh
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I have several rather old distributions of Linux, including such arcana as the
December 1993 Infomagic Linux CD (one disc in those days) and the first several
CD issues of Linux Quarterly from Morse Telecommunications.  I have some older
stuff from when I was working on the SCSI drivers in the 0.95 and 0.97 kernels.
A lot of this may even predate iBCS2 support, though.

What is it that you are trying to do?  If all you want to do is build a COFF
binary, it should be possible to do that with modern tools.  Producing some of
these old CDs from my archives is likely to involve a fair amount of digging.
 
-- Mike


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