mcm@peach.ucsb.edu (Marcelo Mourier) (07/02/90)
I went back to read the comp.sys.nsc.32k newsgroup after a _long_ time and, oh sourprise, I found this baby. Are we missing something big here at comp.os.minix..? Does anybody know more about this pc532 project? Marcelo - mcm@cs.ucsb.edu ---Begin of included message--- Article 855 of comp.sys.nsc.32k: Path: hub.ucsb.edu!ucsd!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!daver!bungi.com!news From: culberts@hplwbc.hpl.hp.com (Bruce Culbertson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: Minix Message-ID: <9006242249.AA15195@hplwbc.hpl.hp.com> Date: 24 Jun 90 22:49:59 GMT Sender: news@daver.bungi.com Lines: 66 Approved: news@daver.bungi.com Ok, I am finally ready to distribute Minix for the pc532. There are three machines running it already in addition to my own. Dave Rand and George Scolero have taken a copy with them to Australia so there may be some more systems soon. I think people are generally pleased. Think of this as an experimental system, however, rather than a supported, reliable, production system. Setting up Minix to run on your pc532 will very likely involve some grubby bit-twiddling. Installation notes will be skimpy but I will answer questions via e-mail and the mailing list. Minix is copyrighted by Prentice-Hall so I have to be careful about distributing it. To receive Minix from me, you will need to send me the boot disk from any official Prentice-Hall Minix distribution. The copyright must appear on the disk label. No reasonable facsimiles, please. If you have a tape version, please send it along with enough postage for me to send it back to you. I will return all tapes and disks but do keep a copy! I originally intended to distribute pc532-Minix via e-mail. However, since I have to return your boot disks anyway, I decided to distribute it on floppy disks. There were also concerns about e-mail security, reliability and cost. I also intend to distribute more files than I originally announced. You will still need to get most of the library and command sources from a standard Minix distribution. The distribution will include * Over 100 command binaries * All sources to rebuild the OS image * All code development tools * Standard library and floating point library binaries * Floating point library sources * Full include file tree At least in the beginning, I will supply these on MS-DOS disks. MS-DOS machines are pretty common and PC-Minix owners can read MS-DOS disks from their Minix machines. The files will be tar'ed and compress'ed. The files fit on two 1.2 megabyte or six 360 kilobyte disks. I prefer to make 1.2 megabyte disks. I'll consider making other formats (besides 360K and 1.2M MS-DOS) as time and equipment allows. Getting the files onto your pc532 SCSI disk is a problem you will have to solve. To receive the distribution, send your boot disk and one of plan A * two 1.2M floppies * packaging for return mail * postage for return mail plan B * six 360K floppies * packaging for return mail * postage for return mail plan C * six dollars for floppies, packaging, and return postage Send the above to Bruce Culbertson 2083 Princeton Street Palo Alto, California 94306 U.S.A. That's it. Hope this goes smoothly. Bruce ---End of included message---