ghelmer@dsuvax.uucp (Guy Helmer) (09/08/90)
A few weeks ago, I posted a proposal to comp.os.minix to offer
the MINIX-related software that I have collected to the MINIX
user community on floppy disk. The response to that proposal was
good, and no one has yet sent me a negative reply. So, I have decided
to go ahead with my idea of supplying software for MINIX on floppy disks.
This is the list of MINIX files that I have collected and put together
in some sort of order, with file sizes and comments. As I proposed
earlier this month, I offer these sources on 5.25" 360K IBM
floppy disks in either MINIX or DOS filesystems (you specify!).
Sources are currently compressed with 13 bits; packages of multiple
files are put together with tar before they are compressed.
jms@cs.vu.nl pointed out that I should use COMIC to compress the
sources, and I will make that option available soon.
I will pack the files you request onto the disks as well as I can,
but I will only use 'cp' (in MINIX) or 'copy' (in DOS) to put
the files on the disks, so there will be some wasted space on each
disk. I charge four dollars per disk, which will buy the disk,
the info on it, and the shipping for it (in the United States;
this price does not cover orders to be delivered outside of the
United States).
To order files from the library, please send me an email message
listing the files you wish and a snail-mail address to send the
package to. I will make your disks, reply to your email message
with the number of disks that the files actually took and the
fee that I expect, wait for your check/money order to appear in
my physical mailbox, and then drop your disks into the snail-mail.
If you need a written invoice or wish to use a purchase order, let
me know and I'll work it out.
My physical address:
Guy Helmer
1022 N Union #18
Madison, SD 57042
Net: dsuvax!ghelmer@cs.utexas.edu
HELMER@SDNET.BITNET
To authors: If you see a program of yours listed that you don't want
distributed by me, please let me know and I will remove it from the archive.
Conversely, if you want a program distributed and it's not on the list,
mail me and I'll try to add it.
Please let anyone who doesn't have USENET access but needs software
for MINIX see this (either by hardcopy, or posting to relevant BBS's).
I don't know how to reach these people otherwise.
Although I list complete files in the 'commands' and 'commands/ibm'
directories, I will not be able to supply complete files unless
the original source is not included in the real MINIX distribution.
I will supply context diffs for those files as necessary.
If no one objects, I will make this a monthly posting (like Connor's
monthly posting selling the USENET manual set). I will continue to
collect the source that goes by on comp.os.minix, as well as search
the archive servers via ftp for more good stuff to add to this list.
Enjoy!
Guy Helmer
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List of available software as of 7-Sep-90:
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* indicates I've not tested it under MINIX
List of files in directory 'archive':
bytes name
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* 68760 adventure.tar.Z The original game
* 28989 btree.tar.Z b-tree flat file handler
* 119144 byacc.tar.Z Berkeley yacc with Housel fixes for ACK C
* 148168 cc68.tar-2.2.Z C compiler for 68K by Brandt, van Wuellen
* 36035 comic.tar-0.1B.Z First distribution of COmpress for MInix C
* 36530 comic.tar-1.0.Z Second distribution of COmpress for MInix C
* 105139 cpp.tar.Z DECUS C pre-processor for MINIX
* 201918 estdio2.tar-2.0a.Z New stdio lib by Earl Chew
* 7085 format.tar.Z Format disks under MINIX by Bruce Evans
* 100589 fp.tar.Z Additions to PC MINIX for floating point
17610 mail.tar.Z Housel's binmail with fixes by van Kempen
79303 man.1.tar.Z Updated man.1 by Will Rose
7682 man.4.Z Updated man.4 by Will Rose
* 49002 min2dos.arc Read MINIX disks under DOS (I think...)
* 27949 nrchbar.tar.Z Add changebars to nroff documents
* 147109 nroff.tar.Z 3-Aug-90 release by Bill Rosenkranz
* 7893 shutdown.tar.Z Shut down MINIX gracefully by Ed Oskeiwicz
51445 umail.tar-3.45.Z Mail delivery agent by Fred van Kempen
122122 uucp.tar.Z uucp by Housel, van Kempen w/ optional patches
17513 uustuff.tar.Z uucp support programs - getty, modem, uupoll
38336 wmail.tar.Z Mail user agent by Fred van Kempen, v 3.4
List of files in directory 'commands':
* 11355 backup.c Improved
* 13139 badblocks.c Fixed for disks bigger than 8Mb
* 1708 cat.c Faster
* 2648 cmp.c Faster
* 3386 dotdo.c Privledged users can run commands as root
917 dotdo.c-Info
* 8164 extra.c List files that don't belong in a directory
885 extra.c-Info (for checking against crc list when upgrading)
* 3132 fastkey.c Change keyboard response rates on AT machines
494 fastkey.c-Info
* 4316 file.c Fixed for 0 length files
794 file.c-Info
* 12939 find.c Fixed for finding certain file types
993 find.c-Info
* 22473 ps.c Improved version from original author
3626 ps.c-Info (Peter Valkenburg)
1934 ps.man1
* 45281 sed.c Fixed search/replace bug (Earl Chew)
974 sed.c-Info
* 15699 talk.c Interactively talk to other users
1037 talk.c-Info (Dave Regan)
* 9523 tset.c Set term type based on login port
8025 tset.c-Info (Terrence Holm, Steve Kirkendall)
* 7641 tsort.c New tsort by Kent Williams
List of files in directory 'commands/ibm':
* 23617 dos4read.c dosread suite for MS-DOS 4.0 file systems
868 dos4read.c-Info
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Guy Helmer
work: DSU Computing Services, Business & Education Institute (605) 256-5315
play: MidIX System Support Services (605) 256-2788
dsuvax!ghelmer@cs.utexas.edu, ...!bigtex!loft386!dsuvax!ghelmer