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Linux 0.00 was the first version that simply went into protected mode, started two tasks, and switched between the two printing "AAAA" & "BBBB".
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Revision as of 22:40, 13 August 2010


Linux 0.00
Linux 0.00 on Qemu.jpg
Linux 0.00 doing what id does best
Type: Multitasking
Creator: Linus Torvalds
Architecture: IBM 386
This Version: 2.6 (2010)
Date Released: 1991


Linux 0.00 was the first version that simply went into protected mode, started two tasks, and switched between the two printing "AAAA" & "BBBB".

"it switched between two processes that printed AAAA...  and BBBB...
respectively by using the timer-interrupt - Gods I was proud over that"


                                                    --Linus Torvalds

Getting this to run

So far the only place I've found with a binary is over at oldlinux.org. I was able to convert the boot image into something that Qemu understands and was able to run. Otherwise, it ought to run with an older version of Bochs.