tim%maths.tcd.ie@pucc.princeton.edu (Timothy Murphy) (12/09/90)
I wonder if anyone has ported MINIX (preferaby v1.5) to the DEC Rainbow? Any information gratefully received. Timothy Murphy e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-1-772941 x 1507 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
wbeebe@vicstoy.UUCP (William Beebe) (12/12/90)
In article <38575@nigel.ee.udel.edu> tim%maths.tcd.ie@pucc.princeton.edu (Timothy Murphy) writes: >I wonder if anyone has ported MINIX (preferaby v1.5) >to the DEC Rainbow? >Any information gratefully received. The Dec Rainbow is probably the most non-standard DOS machine you will find. The floppy controller is not even controlled by the 8088, but by the Z80 Dec decided to install so it could run 8-bit CP/M, and thus, all the Robin software. Further, the diskettes require single sided 80-track MFM formatting. Thus, you get 360K on a single-sided floppy. I'm sorry if the Rainbow is the only machine you've got, but I would suggest you try to find a standard 8088 PClone or higher if you can.
burgess%creek.decnet@hqhsd.brooks.af.mil (CREEK::BURGESS) (01/08/91)
>In article <38575@nigel.ee.udel.edu> tim%maths.tcd.ie@pucc.princeton.edu > (Timothy Murphy) writes: >>I wonder if anyone has ported MINIX (preferaby v1.5) >>to the DEC Rainbow? >>Any information gratefully received. > >The Dec Rainbow is probably the most non-standard DOS machine you will find. ... stuff about hardware problems deleted ... >Thus, you get 360K on a single-sided floppy. I'm sorry if the Rainbow is >the only machine you've got, but I would suggest you try to find a standard >8088 PClone or higher if you can. On the other hand, why not try. Good Luck! TSgt David Burgess Armstrong Laboratory Brooks AFB, TX