Title: | Atari ST, TT, & Falcon |
Notice: | Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting! |
Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
Created: | Mon Apr 04 1988 |
Last Modified: | Tue May 06 1997 |
Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
Number of topics: | 1433 |
Total number of notes: | 10312 |
Last week I had posted a note to comp.os.minix, asking on the availability of minix, below is the response I received. Bill Powers ================================================================================ >Newsgroups: comp.os.minix >Path: decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!botter!star!ast >Subject: Re: minix on atari st >Posted: 18 Apr 88 10:08:23 GMT >Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam > >In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Bill Powers HLO1-1/T05 DTN 225-7094) writes: >> >> Has anyone ported minix to the atari st?? If yes, where can I >> get a hold of it, and at what cost?? > > >MINIX for the ATARI ST is now finished and has been sent to Prentice-Hall >for reproduction and publication. I will post a thorough description of >the system, etc. as soon as P-H can give me more definite information about >date of availability, pricing etc. It will probably be available sometime >during the summer, and for a price under $100 (including all the sources). >I will post more when I know more. Please don't send mail asking, because >I don't know. I won't forget to post an announcement when I know. Honest. > >If anyone is seriously interested in porting MINIX to the Amiga or Macintosh >I or II, let me know. It will be several months of hard work for an expert who >knows the target machine up and down, backward and forward, inside and out. The >main issue is writing I/O drivers for the clock, tty, disk, etc., or hooking >up to the ROM routines, where appropriate. Beginners need not apply. > >Andy Tanenbaum ([email protected])
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49.1 | MINIX | STEREO::GOULD | This space for rent. | Thu Apr 21 1988 12:57 | 6 |
I'm pleased to hear that minix will be available for the st. I'm looking forward to playing with it (it's even better than zork). Is anyone interested in starting a minix confererence on enet? /dana gould/ | |||||
49.2 | Ehhhh ? | PILOU::ANDERSEN | This space is allready hired out | Thu Apr 21 1988 13:11 | 3 |
Could someone please explain what MINIX is, shortly of cause ?? ���� Martin | |||||
49.3 | MINIX | STEREO::GOULD | This space for rent. | Thu Apr 21 1988 13:23 | 14 |
Sorry about that. Minix is a Unix-like operating system written by Andrew Tannenbaum and described in his book, "Operating Systems: Design and Implementation" from Prentice-Hall. The book contains the source code in C for the Minix kernel (muti-tasking scheduler, device drivers, file server, stuff like that). For about $80, you can buy Minix on disk for ibm-pc (shudder) clones. That includes the kernel from the book, *plus* the shell, editor, compiler, *lots* of utilities, and complete source code for *everything* except the compiler. If you want a cheap Unix-like operating system for your st, this is it. /dana gould/ |