rosenkra@Alliant.COM (Bill Rosenkranz) (04/21/88)
-----FYI
[ from comp.os.minix ]
In article <693@ast.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:
->
->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 (ast@cs.vu.nl)
straight from the horse's mouth :^)
-bill