KHATUKA%ROSEVC.Rose-Hulman.Edu@uicvm.uic.edu (Aditya Khatuka) (10/20/90)
Hi,
Does the Minix 1.5 mailed out by the Prentice-Hall have any of the 386
kernel stuff floating around on the net ?
The Prentice-Hall advertisment in the Unix world (October 1990) talks
these addational features of Minix 1.5.:
* Uses protected mode on 286/386 (except PS/2)
* Supports upto 16M memory (286/386).
* Upto 3 simultaneous users on one machine
* RS132 support (Kermit, zmodem, etc)
* Distribuled computing on ethernet (Remote login etc)
My question is what are the things we are not getting from PH that one can get f
rom the net
net.
Finally, What are the additional features (compared to standard Minix)
in Bruce's 386-Minix. In terms of MM, multi-tasking or anyother advantages that
one can have due to the hardware design of 80386.evans@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (Bruce.Evans) (10/25/90)
In article <34004@nigel.ee.udel.edu> KHATUKA%ROSEVC.Rose-Hulman.Edu@uicvm.uic.edu (Aditya Khatuka) writes: > Does the Minix 1.5 mailed out by the Prentice-Hall have any of the 386 >kernel stuff floating around on the net ? No. >My question is what are the things we are not getting from PH that one can >get from the net A few hundred KB of user-supported Minix-specific sources. A few MB of net sources that have been ported to Minix. A few hundred MB of net sources that have not been ported to Minix. I have seen complaints that PH did not distribute any man pages. There are 1.5.0 versions in the archives. > Finally, What are the additional features (compared to standard Minix) >in Bruce's 386-Minix. In terms of MM, multi-tasking or anyother advantages that >one can have due to the hardware design of 80386. Very few additional features are implemented yet. Of course you get 32-bit code and 4GB segments. Hard disk i/o is about twice as fast because the buffer cache can be of a more adequate size. -- Bruce Evans evans@syd.dit.csiro.au