newton@cs.utexas.edu (Peter Newton) (02/16/91)
I just obtained the PC Minix demo disk off the net** and gave it a
try. It was quite neat and very well done. However, the machine I
have at home is a Mac, not a PC. Is there a demo version for the Mac?
I'd like to try it there before ordering.
** Someone recently asked how to get the demo off the the internet
machine and onto a PC floppy. Here is my (non-)answer. I used an
IBM RT running AIX. On it, dd if=demo-disk-file of=/dev/rfd0 did
the job. I know nothing aboes MS DOS.
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Peter Newton
Computer Sciences, TAY 2.124 (512) 471-9735
University of Texas at Austin newton@cs.utexas.edu
Austin, TX 78712-1188 ...{uunet|gatech|ames}!cs.utexas.edu!newtonast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (02/17/91)
In article <275@burr.cs.utexas.edu> newton@cs.utexas.edu (Peter Newton) writes: > >I just obtained the PC Minix demo disk off the net** and gave it a >try. It was quite neat and very well done. However, the machine I >have at home is a Mac, not a PC. Is there a demo version for the Mac? Keep your pants on. Yes, I am setting up a demo disk for FTP, but life is simpler if people wait until I announce it. This increases the probability that it works. We are working on a Mac version. If you absolutely can't wait, there are demo disks available from Prentice-Hall for the IBM, Atari, and Macintosh in stock now for $10. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)