kaufmads@clutx.clarkson.edu (Dana S. Kaufman,TEP House,58520,) (10/02/90)
Does Minix run on an Amiga 1000? I don't remember it being listed in earlier posts on this subject. I need it for a class next semester and rather run it on my Amiga than my IBM. Dana S. Kaufman kaufmads@clutx.clarkson.edu
tsarna@POLAR.BOWDOIN.EDU (Tyler Sarna) (11/27/90)
Does anyone know anything about Minix for the Amiga? I heard
rumors that it doesn't support hard drives.
Other questions:
1) How well is amiga-side stuff supported? I don't expect it to run
amiga programs, but ability to read amiga files from minix or
versa vice* would be nice. Could mtools be used under minix to
read/write messydos disks to then be accesed by MSH or
Dos-2-Dos? (eg: does mtools work under amiga minix?)
2) I don't expect X-Windows or anything, but how is the user
interface? I presume it is monocolor text. Can the screen
colors be changed? can it be put in interlace?
3) An add in UnixWorld (august '90?) mentions various features
being PC-version specific, including "serial support" and "up to
3 users". Are the amiga serial/parallel ports supported? Are
multiple users possible (logging in over serial port?)
4) Another PC-specific featrure was "up to 16M of memory". I
presume that this is considered a special feature on the PC
because of the brain-dead intel architecture, but that other
versions (Atari ST, for example) do support expansion memory.
My question is, will Amiga Autoconfig memory be recognized?
Howabout 32-bit memory on, say, a 2620?
5) General minix-info: Has anyone been able to port GCC to any
68k version of minix? How is unix compatibility in general?
6) Any special features/problems/whatever with minix that I
should know about, both Amiga minix and minix in general?
Please respond via mail, I will summarize.
*versa vice: the vice versa of vice versa (of course :-))
------///------------------------------------------------------------
/// Tyler "Ty" Sarna E-Mail: tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu
\\/// "No, 'Eureka' is Greek for 'This bath is too hot!'" - Dr. Who
--\XX/---------------------------------------------------------------