cdh1@eds1.UUCP (C. Daniel Hassell) (10/18/90)
bowen@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Devon E Bowen) writes: >In article <612@eds1.UUCP>, cdh1@eds1.UUCP (C. Daniel Hassell) writes: >> I propose that we solve this by not pestering Andy to amend his elegant >> code, but rather develop an enhanced Minix, or perhaps Internet Minix, >> that has the features WE want. ... >It seems we would need to keep multiple versions of the OS, though. One >for each type of system. Because each system is going to be able to support >different things. For example, I've just got an 8088 laptop. I certainly >don't want kernel space wasted for features that aren't going to help me >on this machine type. I would be willing to coordinate something along >these lines for my machine type, though. Hmmm. So far an effort has been made to make Minix as portable as possible across machine types, and I would hate to see us leave that behind. Bruce Evans has given 386 users features that can't be ported to your laptop for hardware reasons, and there are going to continue to be similar distinctions. As long as we make all of the features portable that can be made portable, then I think we will not be doing an injustice to Minix. I am about to purchase a 386sx motherboard to drop into my old AT, which has an MFM drive, so I would be willing to coordinate the source for this type machine (once I get the screws in!) Dan Hassell cdh1@eds1.eds.com psuvax1!eds1!cdh1