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    #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.

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        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.